Conceptualising teachers’ advocacy as comedic trickster behaviour: Implications for teacher education

The conception of a comedic hero as a trickster functions as a useful trope for evaluating the attempts teachers make as advocates in schools. The specific elements of the trope that the authors find useful are (a) comedy as a space where the absurd mingles with the tragic; (b) resurrection or brin...

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Main Authors: Mary Rice, Brian Rice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2015-08-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/76