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Parker, Jonathan K. – Teacher Educator, 1995
Describes efforts by students in a social foundations course to integrate their own personal metaphor of teaching with the metaphor employed by the institution in its conceptual framework. The assignment was based on research that noted the role of the metaphor in the construction of identity for professional teachers. Examples of student…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Tippins, Deborah J. – Social Science Record, 1993
Contends that metaphorical thinking can help teachers and students construct new contexts for instruction and learning. Describes the use of metaphors as the basis for a preservice elementary social studies education course. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education