Laugh and learn: Humor as a teaching strategy in occupational therapy education

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 57-70

  Southam, Marti ^a   Schwartz, Kathleen Barker ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational humor; Motivation; Teacher immediacy

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; HUMOR; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 3242887653     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J003v18n01_07     Document Type: Review

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