Teaching Abstract Concepts by Metaphor.

Sutherland, Judith A.

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ERIC Number: EJ636589

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Teaching Abstract Concepts by Metaphor.

Sutherland, Judith A.

Journal of Nursing Education, v40 n9 p417-19 Dec 2001

Defines metaphor and its uses; explains the construction and application of metaphors in nursing education. Describes the transformation of the abstract psychiatric concept of therapeutic milieu into a visual metaphor. (SK)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Metaphors, Nursing Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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