Abstract
This is the editorial for the Special Issue on Education and Humour, edited by Drs. Raúl A. Mora, Simon Weaver, and Laura Mae Lindo. It provides an overview of the links between education and humour as a prelude to the overview of the five articles that comprise this issue.
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