CURRICULUM METAPHORS

Year 2016, Volume: 4 , 385 - 390, 01.09.2016

Amr Moneer Ibrahim

Abstract

One Of The Most Common Learning Tools In The Subject
Domain Of Education Is Metaphors. It Has Been Said That Learning Is Not
Possible Without Metaphors, Let Alone The Usage Of Metaphors In Our Daily
Routine Without Even Noticing. A Lot Of Our Common Speech Is Full With
Metaphors That Became A Part Of Our Normal Dialogue, To The Extent That We Do
Not Consider The “Figure Of Speech” A Metaphor Any Longer.

 

More importantly, using metaphors to describe
curriculum has been a method adopted by scholars trying to “practicalaise”
curriculum and give it a living-like sense. Eventually, curriculum metaphors
took a steep turn (in some cases) when it started navigating educational
policies to undesirable areas of application.

 

From
that perspective, this paper will analyse
the favourable/unfavourable effects of curriculum metaphors in general, with
addition to an in-depth investigation of the appropriateness, the reliability
and validity of notions of Production, Growth, and Journey as
curriculum metaphors; explored in a short (but
highly influential) article by Herbert Kliebard in 1972, and since,
literature has been deliberating and confronting these three metaphors (among
others like Medicine or Natural Resources) for their ability in
characterizing curriculum.

Keywords

Education, curriculum, curriculum metaphors, metaphors

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