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 …

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 …

Linguistic metaphors bear information about culture; they influence thinking and
conceptualization of abstract concepts. Metaphors assist in conveying abstract ideas …

The role of metaphors in reflecting and constructing pedagogical discourse only starts to
attract scholars' attention. The paper explores two approaches to metaphor analysis. In line …

The cognitive, emotional and persuasive functions of metaphors are well known-in resorting
to metaphors, users transfer a literal meaning onto a divergent dimensions, allowing for the …

The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly we want to bring forward and highlight language as
one of the most important and fundamental aspects of and tools in research, especially in …

The article discusses the possibility of bridging the gap between the personal and contextual
practical knowledge of teachers on the one hand and presumptive generic teacher …

The paper presents several reflections about the methodology of teaching in the domain of
Sciences of Education, particularly in Curriculum Theory field. The role and the importance …

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 …