Education and Learning

Metaphors about how people learn, teach, discover, and transmit knowledge.

Entries (19)

• Apprenticeship in Thinking metaphor
• Assimilation and Accommodation metaphor
• Equilibration metaphor
• Good Enough Mother metaphor
• Guided Participation mental-model
• Internalization metaphor
• Knowledge Is a Landscape metaphor
• Master and Apprentices pattern
• Mentor metaphor
• More Knowledgeable Other mental-model
• Network of Learning pattern
• Proximity Maintenance mental-model
• Scaffolding metaphor
• Scaffolding in Therapy metaphor
• Seasoning metaphor
• See One, Do One, Teach One pattern
• Stages of Development metaphor
• Training Wheels metaphor
• Zone of Proximal Development mental-model