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ERIC Number: EJ512653
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Tugboats and Tennis Games: Preservice Conceptions of Teaching and Learning Revealed through Metaphors.
Gurney, Bruce
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v32 n6 p569-83 Aug 1995
Explores preservice teachers' (n=151) metaphors of teaching and learning and examines some components of student teachers' own intuitions. Concludes that metaphors communicate a richness of meaning that conveys elements of mood, control, roles, attitudes, and beliefs as they apply to teaching and learning and are grounded on more deeply rooted symbols than literal language. (19 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language, Metaphors, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Preservice Teachers; Science Education Research