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ERIC Number: EJ535999
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
The Teacher as Bag Lady: Images and Metaphors of Teaching.
Parks, John G.
College Teaching, v44 n4 p132-36 Fall 1996
Literature is examined for its metaphors for teaching and teachers, including the teacher as custodian and steward of knowledge, as sower of knowledge, and as "trickster," a picaresque, mythical figure who offers solutions, often inadvertently. The roles of kindness and cruelty in the learning/teaching process are also considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Figurative Language, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Metaphors, Mythology, Symbols (Literary), Teacher Role
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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