Commentary #2: Metaphors, Dead or Alive: A Reply to

Spence, Larry D.

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ERIC Number: EJ518548

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Commentary #2: Metaphors, Dead or Alive: A Reply to "Transcending the Limited Educational Vision Implied by the Consumer Metaphor."

Spence, Larry D.

Journal of General Education, v44 n4 p227-33 1995

Critiques the argument made in "Transcending" that the consumer metaphor of education has a detrimental effect on teaching/learning practices, arguing that the paper fails to understand how people use metaphors in discourse. Suggests that, rather than taking the metaphor literally, educators use it to think in new ways about education. (11 citations) (MAB)

Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Foundations of Education, Metaphors, Postsecondary Education, Rhetorical Criticism, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Written in response to "Transcending the Limited Educational Vision Implied by the Consumer Metaphor"; see JC 507 275.