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Provenzo, E. F., G. N. McCoskey, R.B. Kottkamp and M.M. Cohn. 1989. Metaphor and meaning in the language of teachers. Periodico di Matematiche 90 : 551–573. 23 pp. URL
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Abstract

Interview data from a study investigating perceptions and attitudes of teachers toward their work provides the basis for this article which examines the metaphorical language teachers use to describe their experience and sketches an outline of the meaning of work as perceived by teachers, school systems and society.