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Elicited Metaphor Analysis in Educational Discourse
Edited by Wan Wan and Graham Low
[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication 3] 2015
► pp. 289–314

Chilean preservice teachers’ metaphors about the role of teachers as professionals

| Universidad de Concepción, Chile
| Universidad de Concepción, Chile
| Universidad de Concepción, Chile

This study aims at identifying the types of metaphor produced by first-year college students of an English-teaching and a Spanish-teaching program in Chile on their role as professional educators and students of pedagogy. A questionnaire was administered to a total of 56 student-teachers at a Chilean university. The participants’ responses were analyzed qualitatively using content analysis. The results show three categories of metaphor: (1) teacher-centered, (2) student-centered and (3) social value-related.

Keywords: educational research, elicited metaphor, metaphor
Published online: 2 July 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/milcc.3.12ala
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