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Gardens, Prisons, and Asylums: Metaphors for School

Bishop, Beatriz Fontanive
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1555104210701004

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
This project is rooted in the premises that truth is apprehended through human experience, that humans understand the world through metaphor, and that metaphors humans use to conceptualize their world are worthy of explication. By identifying and explicating high school teachers’ and students’ metaphorical conceptions of school and comparing these with a school district mission statement, this study explores the significance of metaphor in education and how metaphors for school can affect thinking about the purposes and processes of education. In the study, metaphor is the tool used to elicit descriptive narratives of the everyday school experiences of those involved in the educational process; metaphor theory is the lens used to analyze the data. The study finds much continuity between students’ metaphorical conceptions of school and those invoked and critiqued by key social foundations scholars. The findings also suggest a paradox: the teachers’ images convey views of the school experience that indicate growth and development, while the students’ views connote conflict and confinement. In contrast to students’ metaphors for the current school experience, when describing the utopian school in metaphor, the students’ images emphasize activity and comfort. From this study it is evident that many aspects of the lived experiences of those involved in the educational process are incongruous with the ideal.
Natasha Levinson, Ph.D (Advisor)
230 p.
Education
metaphor; school; education

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  • Bishop, B. F. (2019). Gardens, Prisons, and Asylums: Metaphors for School [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1555104210701004

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bishop, Beatriz. Gardens, Prisons, and Asylums: Metaphors for School. 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1555104210701004.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bishop, Beatriz. "Gardens, Prisons, and Asylums: Metaphors for School." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1555104210701004

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