Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education
This article strives to open a window on ‘eco-humour’, an umbrella term for diverse forms of humour targeting ecological and environmental issues. It encourages readers to consider eco-humour as a valuable, pedagogical toolkit for environmental education and communication. To this aim, eco-humour is...
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| description | This article strives to open a window on ‘eco-humour’, an umbrella term for diverse forms of humour targeting ecological and environmental issues. It encourages readers to consider eco-humour as a valuable, pedagogical toolkit for environmental education and communication. To this aim, eco-humour is, first, put into perspective of humour scholarship. In particular, I discuss the critical and corrective potential of humour to address and possibly redress environmental issues. Pedagogical benefits of humour are, then, touched upon to pave the way for a discussion of ‘humour-integrated environmental education’. The paper also addresses UNESCO’s 2030 roadmap of education for sustainable development and the ‘sustainability’ component of Australian Curriculum to further justify and contextualise the use of eco-humour. Moreover, several university-based initiatives to integrate echo-humour into environmental education are considered. Likewise, I briefly address ‘humour-integrated language learning’ as an emerging approach in language education that may offer valuable insights into eco-humour curriculum integration. Finally, the article points out several practical considerations and future directions in humour-integrated environmental education. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-57709cea28a244a3a60c5a6ae14bfd002025-08-20T03:41:47ZengCambridge University PressAustralian Journal of Environmental Education0814-06262049-775X2023-12-013955056210.1017/aee.2023.8Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental educationMohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1986-5277Department of English, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch, Shahreza, Isfahan, IranThis article strives to open a window on ‘eco-humour’, an umbrella term for diverse forms of humour targeting ecological and environmental issues. It encourages readers to consider eco-humour as a valuable, pedagogical toolkit for environmental education and communication. To this aim, eco-humour is, first, put into perspective of humour scholarship. In particular, I discuss the critical and corrective potential of humour to address and possibly redress environmental issues. Pedagogical benefits of humour are, then, touched upon to pave the way for a discussion of ‘humour-integrated environmental education’. The paper also addresses UNESCO’s 2030 roadmap of education for sustainable development and the ‘sustainability’ component of Australian Curriculum to further justify and contextualise the use of eco-humour. Moreover, several university-based initiatives to integrate echo-humour into environmental education are considered. Likewise, I briefly address ‘humour-integrated language learning’ as an emerging approach in language education that may offer valuable insights into eco-humour curriculum integration. Finally, the article points out several practical considerations and future directions in humour-integrated environmental education.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0814062623000083/type/journal_articleeco-humourenvironmental educationhumourenvironmental awarenesspedagogical toolkitinnovative practices |
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| title | Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education |
| title_full | Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education |
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| title_short | Humour beyond human: eco-humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education |
| title_sort | humour beyond human eco humour as a pedagogical toolkit for environmental education |
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