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Welker, Robert – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
The appropriateness of the metaphor of the teacher as expert is examined through a theoretical and historical critique that examines expertise as a general social phenomenon. The metaphor is questioned because it tends to turn students and the public into passive receivers of expert service. (SLD)
Descriptors: Metaphors, Moral Values, Role of Education, Teacher Education

Reid, D. Kim – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
This commentary on C. Addison Stone's paper on the scaffolding metaphor for the learning disabilities field identifies issues in the metaphor's use and concludes that effective special education has been inhibited by isolation of interventions from theory and by the way teacher education is structured. Use of the scaffolding metaphor to refocus…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Disabilities, Metaphors