“[G]ood learning is you can enjoy it and have fun”, states L3 in his interview (Interview with L3). He believes that playing is “a great way of learning” for children as well as adults (Interview with L3) and values the entertaining skills some of the students proved during their presentations (Interview with L3). In his experience, a good use of humour can connect an audience (Interview with L3).

Whereas L3 asks the students to use entertaining methods in their presentations, L1 and L2 incorporate fun and humour into their classes in the form of jokes and irony and thus make their students laugh (e.g. Class 1: Lecture 27/10/2015 & Class 1: Tutorial 29/10/2015). To comment on a statement that claims that old Aboriginal mathematic methods are out-of-date, for example, L1 says that “that would make her happy because it would mean that ‘Pythagoras must go’ as well” (Class 1: Lecture 01/09/2015).

L2 enjoys teaching her classes (Interview with L2). Her fun and good mood become especially apparent when she is “singing and dancing” in front of the class (Class 1: Tutorial 27/08/2015). The two student participants from her tutorial mirror this enjoyment by describing their Aboriginal Studies class as “amazing” (Interview with S3), “my favourite class ever” (Interview with S1) and “a great experience” (Interview with S1). S2 also shows great enthusiasm when saying that she loves every subject of her degree at the Institute, is “looking forward to what [she is] doing and enjoying talking about it” (Interview with S2).

How fun and enjoyment interrelate with the special positive learning environment in the classes is underlined by L2’s statement that her classes are “more about a group of people coming together and sharing some information and having a joke” (Interview with L2).

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