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Çocukların Mizah Anlayışı ve Dersteki Mizah / Children’s Sense of Humor and Humor in the Classroom ***

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 20 - 36, 28.02.2023

Esra Yalçıntaş Hülya Kartal

https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1155362
Cited By: 1

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, ilkokul öğrencilerinin mizah duyguları; en çok güldükleri ders ve bu derste neden güldüklerinin belirlenmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda araştırma karma yöntem araştırıma desenlerinden yakınsayan paralel desene (Nicel Veri [Toplama+Analiz Etme] + Nitel Veri [Toplama+Analiz Etme]  İlişkilendirme  Yorumlama) göre gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 227 ilkokul öğrencisi (2.-4.sınıf) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın nicel verileri “Okul Çocukları İçin Çok Boyutlu Mizah Duygusu Ölçeği” ve nitel verileri ise “İlkokul öğrencilerinin en çok güldükleri ders hangisidir? Bu derste neden çok gülmektedirler?” açık uçlu sorularıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın nicel verilerinin analizi SPSS paket programıyla yapılmıştır. Nitel veriler ise tematik kodlama yoluyla analiz edilmiş ve yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre; öğrencilerin mizah düzeyleri orta düzeyde; mizah puan ortalamaları bakımından sınıf düzeyine göre farklılık bulunmamakta; en yüksek alt boyut puan ortalaması mizah anlama alt boyutunda; mizah yaratma alt boyutu puan ortalamaları bakımından 3.sınıf ile 4.sınıf puan ortalamaları arasında 4.sınıf lehine anlamlı fark bulunmakta; öğrenciler en çok beden eğitimi dersinde gülmekte ve derslerde komik, güldürücü ve eğlenceli şeyler olduğu için gülmektedir. Öğrencilerin mizah stilleri belirlenerek öğretim uygulamaları buna göre düzenlenebilir ve böylelikle mizah ve mizah içeren etkinliklerle öğrenme süreci daha eğlenceli bir hale getirilebilir. Bu durum da sınıftaki olumlu atmosferin öğrencilerin hem derslere hem de okula dair duygularını olumlu yönde etkiler.

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Eğitim Mizah Okul çağı çocukları Mizah anlayışı Gülme

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  • Fritz, H. L., Russek, L. N., & Dillon, M. M. (2017). Humor use moderates the relation of stressful life events with psychological distress. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 43(6), 845-859. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217699583
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  • Karataş, P. & Sarıkaya-Karabudak, S. (2019). A Multidimensional Sense Of Humor Scale For School-Aged Children: Reliability And Validity Study (T-MSHC). Journal of Nursing Science, 2(1), 11–16.
  • Kaya, Ş. (2022). The effect of parental attitudes on the social skills of gifted children aged 7-12 and the mediating role of children's humor skills. (Publication No. 10448355) [Master's thesis, KTO Karatay University].YÖK. https://tez.yok.gov.tr
  • Koç Akran, S. & Kocaman, İ. (2018). Karikatüre dayalı öğrenme- öğretme modelinin okul öncesi öğrencilerin konuşma ve dinleme becerilerine etkisi. e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9(2) , 105-122. From: http://www.e-ijer.com/tr/download/article-file/536341
  • Lillemyr, O. F., Sobstad, F., Marder, K. & Flowerday, T. (2010). Indigenous and non-Indigenous primary school students’ attitudes on play, humour, learning and self-concept: a comparative perspective. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 18(2), 243–267.
  • Lovorn, M. G. (2008). Humor in the home and in the classroom: The benefits of laughing while we learn. Journal of Education and Human Development, 2(1).
  • Lovorn, M., & Holaway, C. (2015). Teachers’ perceptions of humour as a classroom teaching, interaction, and management tool. The European Journal of Humour Research, 3(4), 24-35.
  • Lyon, C. (2006). Humour and the young child. A review of the research literature. Televizion, 19, 4-9.
  • Martin, R. A., Puhlik-Doris, P., Larsen, G., Grey, J. & Weir, K. (2003). Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality 37, 48-75.
  • Masten, A. S. (1986). Humor and competence in school-aged children. Child Development, 57(2), 461–473.
  • McGhee, P. E. (2002). How Humor Facilitates Children’s Intellectual, Social and Emotional Development. Access address, 10 July 2022: http://www.laughterremedy.com/
  • Nas, R. (2018). Laughing in class. Teacher's World Journal, 39(457), 14-23.
  • Niketić, P. (2019). Conceptual blending in English and Serbian question-and-answer jokes. The European Journal of Humour Research, 7(4), 106-124.
  • Peterson, K. D. & Deal, T. E. (2011). How Leaders Influence the Culture of Schools. Teacher Leadership: The "New" Foundations of Teacher Education: A Reader: Revised Edition, 466, 163-166.
  • Powell, J. P. & Andresen, L. W. (1985). Humour and teaching in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 10(1), 79-90.
  • Semrud-Clikeman, M. & Glass, K. (2010). The relation of humor and child development: Social, adaptive, and emotional aspects. Journal of child neurology, 25(10), 1248-1260.
  • Smith, W. J., Harrington, K. V. & Neck, C. P. (2000). Resolving conflict with humor in a diversity context. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 15, 606–622.
  • Szentes, E., Horváth, Z. I., & Harangus, K. (2020). The role of humour in teaching: teacher training students’ ımage of teacher and views on teaching. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, 12(2), 84-98.
  • Toprakçı, E. (2012). Rethinking classroom management: A new perspective, a new horizon, e-international journal of educational research, 3(3), 84-110. Retrivied: http://www.e-ijer.com/tr/download/article-file/89768
  • Toprakçı, E. (2017). Class Management [Sınıf Yönetimi]. (3. Edition). Ankara: Pegem Publishing Turkish Language Society/TDK, (2019). Turkish Language Society in the current Turkish dictionary. Access address, 5 July 2022: https://sozluk.gov.tr/
  • Ulus, L., Yaman, Y. & Yalçıntaş-Sezgin, E. (2019). Sense of humor in gifted children. Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education, 9(1), 61-78.
  • Ünveren, D. (2020). Humor in Turkısh teaching: sample of Turkısh course books. Journal of Turkish Researches Institute, TAED-67, 715-735.
  • Yalçın, H., Obalı, İ. & Öztüren, A. (2021). The sense of humor and friendship relations of gifted children. KTO Karatay University Journal of Health Sciences, 2(3), 119-134.
  • Yardımcı, İ. (2010). The concept of humor and its place in art. Uşak University Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 1-41.
  • Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2008). Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences (6. Edition). Ankara: Seçkin Publishing.

Children’s Sense of Humor and Humor in the Classroom /Çocukların Mizah Anlayışı ve Dersteki Mizah

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 20 - 36, 28.02.2023

Esra Yalçıntaş Hülya Kartal

https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1155362
Cited By: 1

Abstract

The purpose of this research, is to investigate the lesson in which primary school students laugh the most and why they laugh in this lesson. For this purpose, the study was carried out according to the parallel design (Quantitative Data [Collection + Analysis] + Qualitative Data [Collection + Analysis]  Association  Interpretation) which was one of the mixed method research designs. The study group consisted of 227 primary school students (2nd-4th grade). The quantitative data of the study were collected through the “Multidimensional Humor Scale for School Children” and the qualitative data were collected through open-ended questions such as “In which lesson do primary school students laugh the most? Why do they laugh so much in this lesson?”. The analysis of the quantitative data of the study was implemented with the SPSS package program. The qualitative data were analyzed and interpreted through the thematic coding. According to the results of the study, the students' humor levels were moderate; there was no difference by the grade level in terms of humor score averages; the highest sub-dimension mean score was in the appreciation of humor sub-dimension; there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the 3rd and 4th grades in favor of the 4th grade in terms of the mean scores of the humor creation sub-dimension; students laughed the most in the physical education lessons and they laugh because there are funny, funny and entertaining things in the lessons. Students' humor styles can be determined and teaching practices can be arranged accordingly, and thus, the learning process can be made more enjoyable with humor and humorous activities. In this case, the positive atmosphere in the classroom positively affects the students' feelings about both the lessons and the school.

Keywords

Education Humor School-age children Sense of humor Laughter Eğitim Mizah Okul çağı çocukları Mizah anlayışı Gülme

References

  • Altınkurt, Y. & Yılmaz, K. (2011). Humor styles of primary school teachers. Pegem Journal of Education and Training, 1(2), 1-8.
  • Amir, O., Biederman, I., Wang, Z. & Xu, X. (2015). Ha ha! versus aha! A direct comparison of humor to nonhumorous insight for determining the neural correlates of mirth. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 1405-1413. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht343
  • Amran, M. S. & Bakar, A. Y. A. (2022). The use of humour and its’ relation to motivation in teaching and learning mathematics. Creative Education, 13(8), 2577-2586.
  • Aykaç, N. (2018). Humor in training process and humor elements in secondary school textbooks. The Journal of Social Science, 5(27), 433-447.
  • Banas, J. A., Dunbar, N., Rodriguez, D. & Liu, S. J. (2011). A review of humor in educational settings: Four decades of research. Communication Education, 60(1), 115-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2010.496867
  • Bayülgen, N. (2011). Cartoon, motivation and creativity in written works. Journal of Research-Based Activity (ATED), 1(1), 39-55.
  • Berge, M. (2017). The role of humor in learning physics: A study of undergraduate students. Research in science education, 47(2), 427-450.
  • Can, A. (2017). Quantitative Data Analysis During Scientific Research with SPSS. Ankara: Pegem Academy Publishing.
  • Cann, A. & Calhoun, L. G. (2001). Perceived personality associations with differences in sense of humor: Stereotypes of hypothetical others with high or low senses of humor. International Journal of Humor Research, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/humr.14.2.117
  • Chan, Y., Hsu, W., & Chou, T. (2018). Dissociation between the processing of humorous and monetary rewards in the “Motivation” and “Hedonic” brains. Scientific Reports, 8, Article No. 15425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33623-4
  • Chaniotakis, N. & Papazoglou, M. (2019). The place of humor in the classroom. In Research on Young Children’s Humor (pp. 127-144). Springer, Cham.
  • Chye, E. T. (2008). The Need for Effective Teaching. National University of Singapore: NUS Press.
  • Clouse, R. W., & Spurgeon, K. L. (1995). Corporate analysis of humor. Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 32(3-4), 1–24.
  • Cornett, C. E. (1986). Learning Through Laughter: Humor in the Classroom. Bloomington, Ind. : Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 241/Fastback Series. ERIC - ED276028 - Learning through Laughter: Humor in the Classroom. Fastback 241., 1986
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  • Degabriele, J. & Walsh, I. P. (2010). Humour appreciation and comprehension in children with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(6), 525-537.
  • Dowling, J. S. & Fain, J. A. (1999). A multidimensional sense of humor scale for school-aged children: Issues of reliability and validity. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 14(1), 38-43.
  • Dowling, J. S., Hockenberry, M. & Gregory, R. L. (2003). Sense of humor, childhood cancer stressors, and outcomes of psychosocial adjustment, immune function, and infection. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 20(6), 271-292.
  • Dowling, J. S. (2014). School-age children talking about humor: Data from focus groups. International Journal of Humor Research, 27(1), 121–139. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0047
  • Fox, C. L., Dean, S. & Lyford, K. (2013). Development of a humor styles questionnaire for children. Humor, 26(2), 295-319.
  • Freud, S. (1928). Humour. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 9, 1–6.
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  • Ho, S. K., Chik, M. P., & Chan, D. W. (2012). A psychometric evaluation on the Chinese version of the multidimensional sense of humor scale for children (C-MSHSC). Child Indicators Research, 5(1), 77-91.
  • Hoicka, E. & Akhtar, N. (2012). Early humour production. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30, 586–603.
  • Karataş, P. & Sarıkaya-Karabudak, S. (2019). A Multidimensional Sense Of Humor Scale For School-Aged Children: Reliability And Validity Study (T-MSHC). Journal of Nursing Science, 2(1), 11–16.
  • Kaya, Ş. (2022). The effect of parental attitudes on the social skills of gifted children aged 7-12 and the mediating role of children's humor skills. (Publication No. 10448355) [Master's thesis, KTO Karatay University].YÖK. https://tez.yok.gov.tr
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  • Lillemyr, O. F., Sobstad, F., Marder, K. & Flowerday, T. (2010). Indigenous and non-Indigenous primary school students’ attitudes on play, humour, learning and self-concept: a comparative perspective. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 18(2), 243–267.
  • Lovorn, M. G. (2008). Humor in the home and in the classroom: The benefits of laughing while we learn. Journal of Education and Human Development, 2(1).
  • Lovorn, M., & Holaway, C. (2015). Teachers’ perceptions of humour as a classroom teaching, interaction, and management tool. The European Journal of Humour Research, 3(4), 24-35.
  • Lyon, C. (2006). Humour and the young child. A review of the research literature. Televizion, 19, 4-9.
  • Martin, R. A., Puhlik-Doris, P., Larsen, G., Grey, J. & Weir, K. (2003). Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Journal of Research in Personality 37, 48-75.
  • Masten, A. S. (1986). Humor and competence in school-aged children. Child Development, 57(2), 461–473.
  • McGhee, P. E. (2002). How Humor Facilitates Children’s Intellectual, Social and Emotional Development. Access address, 10 July 2022: http://www.laughterremedy.com/
  • Nas, R. (2018). Laughing in class. Teacher's World Journal, 39(457), 14-23.
  • Niketić, P. (2019). Conceptual blending in English and Serbian question-and-answer jokes. The European Journal of Humour Research, 7(4), 106-124.
  • Peterson, K. D. & Deal, T. E. (2011). How Leaders Influence the Culture of Schools. Teacher Leadership: The "New" Foundations of Teacher Education: A Reader: Revised Edition, 466, 163-166.
  • Powell, J. P. & Andresen, L. W. (1985). Humour and teaching in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 10(1), 79-90.
  • Semrud-Clikeman, M. & Glass, K. (2010). The relation of humor and child development: Social, adaptive, and emotional aspects. Journal of child neurology, 25(10), 1248-1260.
  • Smith, W. J., Harrington, K. V. & Neck, C. P. (2000). Resolving conflict with humor in a diversity context. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 15, 606–622.
  • Szentes, E., Horváth, Z. I., & Harangus, K. (2020). The role of humour in teaching: teacher training students’ ımage of teacher and views on teaching. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, 12(2), 84-98.
  • Toprakçı, E. (2012). Rethinking classroom management: A new perspective, a new horizon, e-international journal of educational research, 3(3), 84-110. Retrivied: http://www.e-ijer.com/tr/download/article-file/89768
  • Toprakçı, E. (2017). Class Management [Sınıf Yönetimi]. (3. Edition). Ankara: Pegem Publishing Turkish Language Society/TDK, (2019). Turkish Language Society in the current Turkish dictionary. Access address, 5 July 2022: https://sozluk.gov.tr/
  • Ulus, L., Yaman, Y. & Yalçıntaş-Sezgin, E. (2019). Sense of humor in gifted children. Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education, 9(1), 61-78.
  • Ünveren, D. (2020). Humor in Turkısh teaching: sample of Turkısh course books. Journal of Turkish Researches Institute, TAED-67, 715-735.
  • Yalçın, H., Obalı, İ. & Öztüren, A. (2021). The sense of humor and friendship relations of gifted children. KTO Karatay University Journal of Health Sciences, 2(3), 119-134.
  • Yardımcı, İ. (2010). The concept of humor and its place in art. Uşak University Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 1-41.
  • Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2008). Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences (6. Edition). Ankara: Seçkin Publishing.
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Esra Yalçıntaş 0000-0001-6971-0519

Hülya Kartal 0000-0003-3732-7747

Publication Date February 28, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 14 Issue: 1

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APA Yalçıntaş, E., & Kartal, H. (2023). Children’s Sense of Humor and Humor in the Classroom /Çocukların Mizah Anlayışı ve Dersteki Mizah. E-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 14(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1155362

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