Edited by
Emmanuel Sander, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
ISBN : 9781789451887
Publication Date : August 2025
Hardcover 250 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
Metaphors are more than just linguistic tools; they go far beyond this. By drawing on the known to illuminate the unknown, they shape understanding and profoundly influence learning dynamics, making them particularly relevant in education.
Metaphors for Education explores this theme in depth, offering a comprehensive and enlightening overview of the role and place of metaphors in the field of education. The book examines how metaphors shape pedagogical approaches and conceptions of teaching, and influence learning processes and conceptual development, as well as impact assessment, differentiation and the professional identity of teachers. It also shows how metaphors can provide powerful tools for reflection and transformation in educational practices.
Aimed at teachers, students, educational researchers and enthusiasts alike, this book offers fresh and stimulating perspectives on the contribution of metaphors to learning and teaching.
Part 1. Comparative Perspectives on Metaphors in Education.
1. Successes and Setbacks of Metaphors in Education, Emmanuel Sander, Joanna Blochowiak and Yves Gerber.
2. Metaphor: The Anchor and Driver of Conceptual Development, Emmanuel Sander, Laura Leon Perez, Yves Gerber and Catherine Rivier.
3. Teaching Metaphors and Pedagogical Conceptions, Katarina Gvozdic and Catherine Rivier.
Part 2. The Transformative Potential of Metaphors in Educational Practices.
4. Metaphors of Assessment Practices: The Diversity and Evolution of Teachers’ Evaluative Stances, Katarina Gvozdic, Stéphanie Naud and Walther Tessaro.
5. Differentiation Through the Lens of Metaphors, Stéphanie Naud.
6. Metaphors for Developing Teacher Professional Identity, Géry Marcoux and Nilima Changkakoti.
7. Metaphors and Reflective Practice in Teaching, Yves Gerber and Géry Marcoux.
Emmanuel Sander is a professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in the field of School-based Intervention: Learning and Development, where he heads the IDEA (instruction, développement, éducation, apprentissage) laboratory.
