Elizabeth Ashton

The Role of Metaphor and Symbol in Motivating Primary School Children

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a fresh approach to motivation in primary school children by exploring the role of metaphor and symbol in language and art as a means of expressing insights developed through learning.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Education
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781032119410
• ISBN-10: 1032119411
• Artikelnr.: 71201248

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Ashton became Lecturer in Religious and Moral Education at School of Education, Durham University, UK, following a teaching career in primary school classrooms of over nineteen years. She is now retired.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1. Theories of Child Development 2.
Education: Perceptions of Purpose and their Results 3. Who Are the Children
in Primary Schools? 4. The Role of Metaphor in Deepening Reflection 5.
Learning Foundations: Symbols, Brain Hemispheres and Archetypal Images
Part 2: CLASSROOM WORK 6. People via Symbols and Metaphors 7. Treasure
Seeking and Shepherds 8. Images: Rocks and Stones 9. More Metaphors and
Biblical Symbols: Drama and Drawings 10. Education - From Past and Present
to the Future?