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ERIC Number: EJ564718
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One.
Sfard, Anna
Educational Researcher, v27 n2 p4-13 Mar 1998
Explores two metaphors for learning, the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor. After a critical evaluation of the interpretations and applications of these metaphors, the question of theoretical unification of research on learning is addressed, stressing the dangers of too great a devotion to one single metaphor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Metaphors, Participation, Researchers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Knowledge Acquisition
Note: A sequel to the conversation on learning initiated in "Educational Researcher," v25 n4. Version of a lecture given at the International Congress of Mathematics Education (8th, Seville, Spain, July 1996).