Van der Veer Martens, Betsy2022-01-052022-01-052021-04Van der Veer Martens, B. (2021) Engage, Enrich, Enlighten, Energize: Explorations in Instructional Humor. In Teach Library and Information Science with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective LIS Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom. Kishor Vaidya, editor. The Curious Academic Publishing.https://hdl.handle.net/11244/333610This chapter describes the use of classroom humor in the teaching of a government information course, employing the four Es (engage, enrich, enlighten, energize) to educate and empower library & information science students in a proactive approach to government information in order to help their communities both understand and make better use of these critical information resources, which are intended to facilitate the government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."Library & Information ScienceGovernment InformationTeachingHumorEngage, Enrich, Enlighten, Energize: Explorations in Instructional HumorBook chapter