The use of metaphors in teaching science and technology

By Rod Pitcher
Community contribution / October 30, 2014

This article is about the way that metaphors are used in the teaching of science and technology. Metaphors enable new knowledge to be scaffolded on old knowledge through the use of similarity.

Metaphors are widely used in teaching science and technology. They allow explication of new information by comparing it with old ...

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By Rod Pitcher

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Rod lives in Waramanga, a south-western suburb of Canberra, Australia’s capital, with a black cat named Dog to keep him company. He has six university degrees, including a PhD in Education, and has a number of academic publications including five ebooks. He spends a lot of his time reading all sorts of things about all sorts of topics.

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The use of metaphors in teaching science and technology

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