Metaphors We Teach By: Examining Teacher Conceptualizations of Literacy in the English Language Arts Classroom

This case study used metaphor analysis to gain insight on the conceptualizations of literacy informing six English Language Arts educators’ understanding of the meaning and goals of U.S. literacy education today. While findings indicated literacy’s functional aspect as the most prominent metaphoric...

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Main Author: Connie Kendall Theado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2013-07-01
Series:Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/17441