SEMANTICS: 3 ARTICLE ABOUT METAPHORS
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ARTICLE 1
Title : Parrot poo on the windscreen:
Metaphor in Academic Skills Learning
Author 1 : Clare Power
From : University
of Western Sydney, NSW1797, Australia
Author 2 : Erst
Carmichael
From : University
of New South Wales, NSW2053, Australia
Pages : 15
B. Content
This article shared about Metaphors that powerful in
communicating purposes and processes and also it discussed the use of Metaphor
in the context of academic skills learning.
C. Result
Metaphors can provide a useful
bridge from the real world to the conceptual realm for students encountering a
range of new concepts in tertiary education. While not definitive, this
research has provided support for the benefits of using metaphor, when teaching
academic skills, to facilitate students’ understanding of concepts and
processes. This needs to done with cultural sensitivity and awareness that the
chosen metaphors may not resonate for all students and may need further
explication. It would seem that many practitioners feel that the use of
metaphor is not an additional element in their teaching practice, but an
important strategy in helping students to comprehend concepts. Although there
is no direct evidence from students of these benefits, the feedback from
practitioners suggests anecdotally that many students demonstrate a greater
understanding of the expectations in academic learning when exposed to
metaphors, especially colorful or humorous ones.
This research has also raised a
number of interesting questions and areas of further research such as:
• How to accommodate the diverse
cultural and linguistic backgrounds of CALD students when using metaphors in
our field;
• A need for further research into
students’ responses to various metaphors used;
• The value of student created
metaphors as learning tools;
• An examination of the ideology
conveyed through metaphors relating to the field of academic skills.
ARTICLE 2
A. Demograph
Title : The Use of Metaphors in the
Processes of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Author : Ana Mouraz, Ana Vale Pereira and Raquel
Monteiro (Centre for Educational Research and Intervention (CIIE)
From : Faculty
of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
Pages : 12
B. Content
This
article focuses on the importance of analogical reasoning and the specific use
of metaphors as vehicles for learning. It is a case study focused on the use of
metaphors in a particular course, which seeks to research the mode and
effectiveness of using metaphors as interpretive and explanatory models of
scientific phenomena in the processes of teaching and learning.
C.
Result
The
metaphors that circulate in the classes of the case study come from the
teacher’s personal style and are selected according to their heuristic power as
perceived at the time of production. The use of life experience, but also
cultural artifacts in circulation (movies, books, pictures/paintings etc.) are
the main references of domain of the metaphors.
The
two main uses of metaphors serve educational purposes and foundational
knowledge is produced, which corroborates the uses found in the literature.
However,
the primary purpose is clearest in the representations of the respondents and
more evident in the observation notes of the lessons. Moreover, it is more
easily associated with the massification of higher education and cultural
diversity of students who come into the university and the need to find
motivation and devices that enhance their critical thinking. If this is the
farthest end of the effort of teaching and learning, metaphors can get to the
nearest goal to translate that knowledge to make it more accessible to
students, thus ensuring the communicative function.
ARTICLE 3
A. Demograph
Title : Metaphor in Idiom Comprehension
Author : Raymond W.Gibbs, Jr. Josephine M. Bogdanovich, Jeffrey R.
Sykes and Dale J. Barr
From : University of California, Santa Cruz
Pages : 12
B. Content
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