Editors:
- Is the first book to focus on humor expression and development in young children
- Provides a rich array of methods for exploring humor’s impact on early learning
- Offers practical ideas for better accessing young children’s humor in research and teaching
Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child (EDYC, volume 15)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Development and Learning
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Front Matter
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Teaching and Classroom Experiences
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Front Matter
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Other Perspectives and Contexts
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides a wide spectrum of research on young children’s humor and illuminates the depth and complexity of humor development in children from birth through age 8 and beyond. It highlights the work of pioneers in young children’s humor research including Paul McGhee, Doris Bergen, and Vasu Reddy. Presenting a variety of new perspectives, the book examines such issues as play, humor, laughing and pleasure within the context of learning and development. It looks at humor, wordplay and cartoons that can be used as educational tools in the classroom. Finally, it provides explorations of humor within a cultural and spiritual context. The book presents diverse and creative methods to study humor and provides practical implications for adults working with children. The book offers a powerful springboard for moving research and practice toward a deeper understanding of young children’s humor as an integral and meaningful component of early development and learning.
Keywords
- humor theories
- children's humor development
- sense of humor young children
- social laughter
- visual humor
- humor and word play in children's literature
- connections between humor and children's spirituality
- humor styles in young children
- comics as an educational tool
- spirituality and humor
- humor in a childcare setting
- humor production in the first year of life
- teacher-child interactions
- carnivalesque cartoons young children
- children's temperament and parents' humor in China
- learning and instruction
Reviews
“.. It draws together both known researchers who have been studying children’s humor development and also presents the research and views of some new humor scholars.” (Doris Bergen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA)
“.. Paul McGhee is a paragon of research in this field and having him on board further strengthens the book. It is a timely topic and I can see the need for more research in the field. This may be a starting point encouraging more research and eliciting interest among researchers and practitioners in the field.” (René Proyer, Professor, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany)
“.. I also liked the idea to include suggestions for teachers on the usage of humor and think that they can be helpful to those interested in using humor in their classroom.” (René Proyer, Professor, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Eleni Loizou
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Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
Susan L. Recchia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Research on Young Children’s Humor
Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Early Childhood Education
Editors: Eleni Loizou, Susan L. Recchia
Series Title: Educating the Young Child
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15202-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15201-7Published: 02 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15204-8Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15202-4Published: 24 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2543-0610
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Learning & Instruction, Teaching and Teacher Education, Creativity and Arts Education, Infancy and Early Childhood Development