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Construction of Teaching Metaphors Through Technology - Vivian H. Wright, Cheryl W. Sundberg, Sondra Yarbrough, Elizabeth Wilson, B. Joyce Stawllworth

Abstract: The study of preservice teachers' development of metaphors as personal conceptions of teaching and learning is important not only to the preservice teachers but also to teacher educators. Such metaphors may provide us with snapshots, or glimpses, of our future teachers and can provide information on how we, as teacher educators, can ensure that methodological theories and pedagogical principles become a part of the preservice teachers' experiences. This study presents an important framework for the development of teaching metaphors and presents data on four preservice teachers' development through a general methods course and their subsequent teaching field methods course. Specific uses of text and graphics are examined in the data analysis. Conclusions indicate that text and selection of visuals revealed either a teacher-centered philosophy or a learner-centered philosophy of teaching.

  posted by Ray at 6/08/2003 12:35:00 PM permanent item link   

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