Metaphor as Renewal: Re-Imagining Our Professional Selves

2002/07/01 by Candida Gillis, Cheryl L. Johnson

paper · doi:10.58680/ej2002937

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Abstract

Candida Gillis and Cheryl L. Johnson tell us that “metaphor is an ideal starting point” for taking stock of our professional lives, especially in these times of mandated education reforms. How do we imagine ourselves as teachers, what are our classrooms like and what are our roles in those classrooms?

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