A DESCRIPTION OF THE BENEFITS OF HUMOROUS ANDRAGOGICAL TECHNIQUE IN ADULT LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINES

Abstract

Teachers at higher education are generally expected to behave like seers but in today’s world ensuring adult 
learning through various means is one of the academic challenges in connection with the learning of knowledge and 
skills. With this important factor in mind, this quantitative cum qualitative study is designed to know the perceptions 
of the undergrads of a public sector University of English, Economics, Education, Urdu, and Management Sciences’ 
disciplines on the use of humor by the teachers as an educational technique. The results of the survey show that 
respondents felt that teaching with a blend of comedy is the best way to teach at higher education to ensure transfer 
and reception of knowledge and skills. They opine that such teachers are liked most who listen and respond well by 
adopting this method rather than serious teachers who create an environment less effective to enhance knowledge 
and skills at higher education. Therefore, the study suggests that humorous way of teaching should be considered as 
one of the effective andragogical approaches to teach future professionals and be encouraged officially to use it as 
an educational tool.