Chilean preservice teachers’ metaphors about the role of teachers as professionals
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Paola Alarcón
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Conventions vii
- Acknowledgement ix
- Introduction 1
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Researching elicited metaphor in educational contexts
- A practical validation model for researching elicited metaphor 15
- Methodological approaches and strategies for elicited metaphor-based research 39
- A hybrid methodology of linguistic metaphor identification in elicited data and its conceptual implications 65
- Metaphor analysis in L2 education 93
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Specific collection, validation and analysis methods
- Retrospective Metaphor Interviews as an additional layer in elicited metaphor investigations 119
- Crowdchecking conceptual metaphors 139
- The role of metaphors in novice and experienced L2 instructors’ classroom practice 167
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Testing the power of research instruments
- Researching academic literacy metaphors 189
- Developing critical thinking in academic writing through a metaphor elicitation technique 213
- Metaphorical conceptualizations and classroom practices of instructors teaching an accelerated postsecondary developmental literacy course 239
- Beyond “elicit and run” metaphor research 265
- Chilean preservice teachers’ metaphors about the role of teachers as professionals 289
- Index of names 315
- Index of terms 321
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Conventions vii
- Acknowledgement ix
- Introduction 1
-
Researching elicited metaphor in educational contexts
- A practical validation model for researching elicited metaphor 15
- Methodological approaches and strategies for elicited metaphor-based research 39
- A hybrid methodology of linguistic metaphor identification in elicited data and its conceptual implications 65
- Metaphor analysis in L2 education 93
-
Specific collection, validation and analysis methods
- Retrospective Metaphor Interviews as an additional layer in elicited metaphor investigations 119
- Crowdchecking conceptual metaphors 139
- The role of metaphors in novice and experienced L2 instructors’ classroom practice 167
-
Testing the power of research instruments
- Researching academic literacy metaphors 189
- Developing critical thinking in academic writing through a metaphor elicitation technique 213
- Metaphorical conceptualizations and classroom practices of instructors teaching an accelerated postsecondary developmental literacy course 239
- Beyond “elicit and run” metaphor research 265
- Chilean preservice teachers’ metaphors about the role of teachers as professionals 289
- Index of names 315
- Index of terms 321
