Dimensions
234 x 156 x 16mm
This book discusses research into metaphor in use with school students. It is one of the first studies of metaphor to investigate the phenomenon in contextualised discourse, to adopt a socio-cultural approach to metaphor and to introduce the relatively new science of complex dynamic systems which offers new and potentially fruitful analogies for the analysis of educational discourse.
Close examination of a corpus of classroom spoken discourse reveals how metaphor is employed by their teachers, not just in explaining ideas, but in managing and mediating the activity of the classroom and the learning of the students.
The use and interpretation of metaphor is discussed in terms of human interaction, understanding and learning. Metaphor is seen to be a multi-faceted tool in language use.
