Metaphors for Learning

Abstract

1. List of contributors 2. Introduction (by Berendt, Erich A.) 3. Part I. Historical transformations in metaphoric conceptualization 4. In the balance: Weighing up conceptual culture (by Turner, Joan) 5. The tradition and transformation of metaphor in Japanese (by Yamanaka, Keiiti) 6. Part II. Socio-cultural values and metaphoric conceptualization 7. Tao of learning: Metaphors Japanese students live by (by Hiraga, Masako K.) 8. Intersections and diverging paths: Conceptual patterns on learning in English and Japanese (by Berendt, Erich A.) 9. Cultural messages of metaphors (by Hidasi, Judit) 10. The many facets of teaching and learning in Malay (by Ho-Abdullah, Imran) 11. The native speaker as a metaphorical construct (by Radwanska-Williams, Joanna) 12. Part III. Metaphors and the classroom 13. Metaphor in the construction of a learning environment (by Cameron, Lynne) 14. Images of teachers, learning and questioning in Chinese cultures of learning (by Jin, Lixian) 15. Part IV. Metaphors in language planning 16. Metaphors of learning and knowledge in the Tunisian context: A case of re-categorization (by Maalej, Zouheir A.) 17. Metaphors of transformation: The new language of education in South Africa (by Finlayson, Rosalie) 18. Index