The aim of this study is to analyse metaphors of power present in the educational discourse,
with specific emphasis on the Romanian educational landscape. The research involved …

In a major book in cognitive linguistics, Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff and Johnson
(1980/2008) argue that metaphors are a common presence in every-day language, as well …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of preservice Turkish teachers with
respect to the concept of teacher through metaphors. The research has the research pattern …

This study is a discourse analysis of the conceptual metaphors (CMs) of cooperating
teachers as reflected in the narrative reports (NRs) of the preservice teachers (PTs) in …

Metaphors have been diversely used in teacher education research: to understand teacher
representation of their professional selves (Saban, 2004, Clarken, 1997); to explore …

The purpose of this study is to display prospective teachers' perceptions towards the
concepts “education”,“teacher” and “teaching” through metaphors. This study is a qualitative …

The aim of the present study is to investigate the potentials of the method of metaphor
analysis used to explore the thoughts, values and attitudes of participants in educational …

Educational reforms are most often directed towards development of new curricula and
teaching plans in order to simulate learners' archievements. Teachers acquire new …

This paper explores the beliefs about a teacher's role through metaphors in order to reach
greater clarity about the starting positions of the potential teachers at the beginning of their …