From gardeners to tour guides: The epistemological struggle revealed in teacher-generated metaphors of teaching

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 286-298

  Patchen, Terri ^a   Crawford, Teresa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisition; epistemology; metaphors; participation; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955384076     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487110396716     Document Type: Article

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