Patrick Doran EPS 511 1st Metaphor Paper 4/19/12 As a teacher dedicated to consider how children think‚ feel‚ and understand their world‚ I am like a good book. Like a good book‚ once you get started and really get into it‚ you start thinking about it when you are not even reading it. I want to become the main focus point of my students’ attention. I want them to always be interested in what they are about to learn‚ but also very excited about what is coming next. A good book helps people solve
Premium Psychology Education Educational psychology
Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s
Premium Higher education Educational psychology Adult education
| | | | I. INTRODUCTION II. OBJECTIVES III. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF METAPHOR IV. METAPHOR AND OTHER LANGUAGE FEATURES ANALYSIS OF MARGARET THATCHER’S SPEECH TO 1987 CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE IN BLACKPOOL V. CONCLUSION VI. REFERENCES VII. APPENDIX I I. -------------------------------------------------
Premium Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party Labour Party
On the waterfront: the American Dream In Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront the metaphor of the American dream is portrayed through some images that reconstruct the mirror of the American working-class society of the 50’s. The mise en- scène used in the film together with the characters’ performance are the key elements that eventually contribute to the connection between the reflection of the desired American Dream and the realistic tone offered in the film. As regards the stylistic techniques
Premium James Truslow Adams United States F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top 5 professional qualities As the school year comes to a close‚ I’d like to reverse roles a bit and offer some advice to teachers. This year‚ I had one of my best teachers ever (no offense to any former teachers reading this) as my math teacher. This was an incredibly challenging course‚ yet he was able to make it very fun‚ engaging‚ andpassable. The area where he excelled the most was in making math interesting and connected to the rest of the world. Seriously‚ some nights I would look forward
Premium Teacher Observation Education
Executive Summary: Teachers are ultimately viewed as “perfect” in the eyes of their students; therefore‚ their demeanor should exemplify a high standard of ethical reasoning and protocol. Teachers are part of the educational world and should not participate in unethical behaviors which may deter the method of analyzing and reasoning of students. The personality of teachers is crucial when they may impact the future career goals and educational path of their students. Although teachers may not be significantly
Premium Ethics
Scenario BAILEY BUS & COACH COMPANY You work as an administrative officer in the Human Resources department of Bailey Bus & Coach Company‚ a large‚ family-owned company located in your town. The Human Resources Manager is Ahmed Fawzi and you report directly to him. The company has expanded a great deal in the past 12 months‚ mainly because of the acquisition of new contracts and the expansion of the coach tours into Europe. A development project is also ongoing which is investigating the
Premium Recruitment Human resource management
a. In the beginning it is not who is in charge. Initially‚ I assumed Coach Herman Boone is in charge. However‚ the white students did not believe he was in charge. All of the players did not respect him as the leader. It becomes clear‚ while still in the forming stage‚ that Coach Boone is in charge during the second scene when he pairs the players up with bus buddies. b. The football team handles conflict by becoming angry and taking things personal instead of resolving their issues amongst each
Premium
Future Leaders: Why Teachers Deserve Better Pay According to the report‚ “Estimated Average Annual Salary of Teachers in Public Elementary and Secondary School‚” by the U.S. Department of Education in 2011‚ the average starting salary for a teacher in Missouri is a measly $29‚857 (1). The average salary for all teachers across the U.S. is $51‚673 (“Estimated Average Annual” 1). Teachers are the foundation of education for future politicians‚ government officials‚ teachers‚ lawyers and inventors
Free High school Education Salary
Rationale Metaphor‚ based on the association of similarity‚ is one of the two basic types of semantic transference that have been an interest for many linguistic researchers. Galperin ( 1981: 139-40) states that the term ‘metaphor’ can be understood as the transference of some quality from one object to another. Metaphor is widely used to designate the process in which a word acquires a derivative meaning. In theory‚ there are at least three communicative functions that metaphor might serve
Premium Emotion Linguistics Functional grammar