“No harm done”: Teachers’ humorous talk about children’s safety

This paper presents and discusses the forms of humour employed by New Zealand primary school teachers when talking about children’s safety in the outdoor classroom. A discourse analysis, guided by the notion of interpretative repertoires (Potter & Wetherell 1990, 2004), suggests a tension betwee...

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Main Author:	Ros Kaye Sullivan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2014-07-01
Series:	The European Journal of Humour Research
Subjects:	teachers child safety humour interpretative repertoires outdoor classrooms
Online Access:	https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/50

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spelling	doaj-d33a0256286745f78f30380250d9b0fc2021-03-02T17:45:26ZengCracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language StudiesThe European Journal of Humour Research2307-700X2014-07-0121193010.7592/EJHR2014.2.1.sullivan37“No harm done”: Teachers’ humorous talk about children’s safetyRos Kaye Sullivan0Faculty of Education University of AucklandThis paper presents and discusses the forms of humour employed by New Zealand primary school teachers when talking about children’s safety in the outdoor classroom. A discourse analysis, guided by the notion of interpretative repertoires (Potter & Wetherell 1990, 2004), suggests a tension between safe practice and enjoyment with humour as a mediating factor. Three repertoires were named from analysis: safe practitioner; adventurous risk-taker; fun, pleasure and excitement seeker. A surprising and unexpected aspect was the place of humour in teachers’ talk, as analysis indicated that humour was an interpretative resource employed in all three repertoires. I suggest humour is a mechanism through which teachers negotiate and manage both providing for children’s enjoyable outdoor educational activities and ensuring their safety.https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/50teacherschild safetyhumourinterpretative repertoiresoutdoor classrooms
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description	This paper presents and discusses the forms of humour employed by New Zealand primary school teachers when talking about children’s safety in the outdoor classroom. A discourse analysis, guided by the notion of interpretative repertoires (Potter & Wetherell 1990, 2004), suggests a tension between safe practice and enjoyment with humour as a mediating factor. Three repertoires were named from analysis: safe practitioner; adventurous risk-taker; fun, pleasure and excitement seeker. A surprising and unexpected aspect was the place of humour in teachers’ talk, as analysis indicated that humour was an interpretative resource employed in all three repertoires. I suggest humour is a mechanism through which teachers negotiate and manage both providing for children’s enjoyable outdoor educational activities and ensuring their safety.
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“No harm done”: Teachers’ humorous talk about children’s safety

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