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9781880192450

On the Wings of Metaphor

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  • ISBN13:

    9781880192450

  • ISBN10:

    1880192454

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Caddo Gap Pr
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Table of Contents

Dedication iii
Acknowledgements v
Preface ix
Introduction: A Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp 1(2)
Theory of Metaphor
3(4)
Lighting a Candle against the Darkness
7(34)
Life is Like a Classroom
7(9)
A Word in Your Ear
16(9)
Idols of the Mind
25(8)
Demons of the Mind
33(8)
Pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone
41(34)
The Quest for Growth
41(34)
John Dewey
Searching for the Seven Cities of Gold
75(150)
Cat-in-the-Box Metaphor
75(9)
Edward L. Thorndike
Birds of a Feather
84(12)
B. F. Skinner
Three Greek Philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, and Maslow
96(19)
Teaching as Psychotherapy
115(13)
Carl Rogers
Piaget and Rousseau: Two Peas in a Pod
128(16)
Scaffolding for Higher Order Thinking
144(22)
David Ausubel
Thinking as Model Building
166(16)
Jerome S. Bruner
The Wedding of Marxism and Psychology
182(23)
L. S. Vygotsky
The Republic Revisited
205(20)
Howard Gardner
E Pluribus Unum
225(36)
Multicultural Metaphors
225(7)
Measuring Conceptual Skills
232(10)
The Legacy of Jose Vasconcelos
242(10)
Are Black Studies Relevant?
252(9)
Mind Like a Steel Trap
261(34)
Never to Bloom Again
261(7)
Critical Thinking in '76
268(7)
Metaphors: Tools for Critical Thinking
275(12)
Metaphor: A Model for Teaching Critical Thinking
287(8)
The Eye of the Beholder
295(20)
The Machiavellian Teacher
295(4)
Teaching as an Aesthetic Experience
299(8)
The Teacher's Manifesto
307(8)
Metafives: Beyond Metaphors
315(10)
Presidential Address
315(10)
Index 325

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