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New Metaphors For Teaching And Learning In A University Context, Maria Northcote, Tony Fetherston

Tony Fetherston

University teachers and university students often explain their beliefs aboutteaching and learning by using metaphors and, in a research sense, these metaphors haveoften been interpreted as indicators of individuals’ educational beliefs. Critical reflection ofthese metaphors, provides insight into beliefs behind the practices of university teachers andstudents. This recent University study has uncovered some different metaphors from thosecommonly reported, which has provided the impetus for this paper. This paper aims toaugment and extend existing research about the use of metaphor with investigative insightsinto individuals’ beliefs and conceptions of teaching and learning. Two groups ofstakeholders, university teachers and students, were interviewed and …