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Monday, June 13, 2011

I love Metaphor



Finally, the artistic use of an extended metaphor in academic writing was a bold and creative move on the part of Harrington. I found that this article was the most engaging for me to read from the selections about the theories of creativity because it was anchored in a literal and concrete image. While the author does limit the use of the metaphor and implies that it should not be taken as a 1:1 symbol, the grandeur of the ecosystem image allows for the reader to freely flow between ideas of creativity and look for ways that it might fit into the ecosystem model. As this article presented complex material with the use of a metaphor, I wonder how I might be able to use this model in the classroom to teach large ideas. We often use metaphors and analogies for small specific pieces of knowledge but I would like to explore the use of metaphors in larger units of study
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