Research on Young Children's Humor Theoretical and Practical Implications for Early Childhood Education /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Loizou, Eleni (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Recchia, Susan L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Educating the Young Child, Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice, 15
• Subjects: Child development.; Learning.; Instruction.; Teaching.; Art education.; Infant psychology.; Early Childhood Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Creativity and Arts Education.; Infancy and Early Childhood Development.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Young children's humor; Eleni Loizou and Susan L. Recchia
• SECTION 1: Development and Learning
• 2. Young Children's Play and Humor Development: A Close Theoretical Partnership; Doris Bergen
• 3. Humor, social laughing, and pleasure to function: Three sources of laughter that are intrinsically connected in early childhood; Elly Singer
• 4. Humor styles in younger children; Lucy Amelia James and Claire Louise Fox
• 5. The development of 3-5-year-old-children's sense of humor and the relationships among children's temperament and parents' humor style in China; Wen Liu
• SECTION 2: Teaching and Classroom
• 6. Humor in the ECE Classroom: A Neglected form of Play whose Time has Come; Paul McGhee
• 7. Children's visual and verbal humorous productions after participating in a series of creative activities and framed by the Theory of the Absurd and the Empowerment theory; Eleni Loizou and Evi K. Loizou
• 8. The Place of Humor in the Classroom; Nikolaos Chaniotakis and Magdalini Papazoglou
• 9. Cartoons as an educational tool to fight disability stereotypes; Eleni Loizou and Simoni Symeonidou
• 10: Linguistic Gymnastics: Humor and Wordplay in Children's and Adolescent Literature; Lisa Maxwell Arter
• SECTION 3: Other perspectives and Contexts
• 11. Humour as Culture in Infancy; Vasudevi Reddy
• 12. 'Let the wild rumpus start!'. Using carnival as a metaphor to highlight the pedagogical significance of young children's humor; Laura Jennings Tallant
• 13. Exploring Connections between Humor and Children's Spirituality; Jennifer Mata-McMahon
• 14. Research Connections and Implications for Practice to Further Support Young Children's Humor; Susan L. Recchia and Eleni Loizou. .