Keywords
Qualitative methodology
Metaphors in education
Higher education
Educational transformation
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Abstract
This article discuss two research-in-action projects that collect and analyze the educational metaphors of two groups of teachers engaged in the reflection of their own educational visions and practices. Both studies were qualitative in nature and the author was a participant researcher. Audiotapes, field notes, minutes and the participants‘ written reflections, documented a diversity of original metaphors produced in conversation sessions. The metaphors reflected personal visions on the child, learning and education. The collective analysis of the metaphors revealed hidden assumptions on the processes of learning and education that in most cases were explicitly unknown for the participants. On the basis of the findings, the value of the metaphor as a tool for analysis and educational transformation is discussed.
How to cite:
Molina-Iturrondo, A. (2002). Las educadores y sus metáforas educativas: Dos investigaciones en acción. Cuaderno de Investigación en la Educación, 17, 13-38. Retrieved from https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/educacion/article/view/16332
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