http://learningalternatives.net The International Association for Learning Alternatives Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:21:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/242/ http://learningalternatives.net/weblog/post/242/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:05:47 +0000 Wayne Jennings http://learningalternatives.net/?p=242 “Movements of Mind: The Matrix, Metaphors, and Re-imagining Education,” an article in Teachers College Record, describes two common metaphors for schools: education as production and education as cure. Metaphors can handicap creativity but also clarify what one actually believes. This fascinating, though long article, describes several other, possibly more useful, metaphors:
-Education as growth
-Learning as participation
-Teacher as gardener
-Education as translation
Some twenty metaphors are described and an excellent bibliography is provided in this thoughtful article. It’s particularly useful in thinking about educational options.

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