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Publication Date: 2009
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Just a Few Giggles? Teachers and the Howler
Yarker, Patrick
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v51 n1 p41-48 2009
In this article the author considers some aspects of the egregious error or "howler". What effects does the "howler" have as a social practice? What questions are raised when a teacher shares beyond his or her own school a student's mistake for the amusement of others?
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Ethics, Humor, Trust (Psychology), Educational Environment, Confidentiality, Computer Mediated Communication, Error Analysis (Language)
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Language: English
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