Metaphorical ways of knowing: the imaginative nature of thought and expressionThis book explores the subject of metaphor, using the imagery of cartography to set a course. It explores the creative aspects of thinking and learning through literature, writing, and word play, drawing connections between English and other content areas. Theory and practical applications meet in the book, linking activities and resources to current classroom concerns--to multiculturalism, imagination in reading and writing, critical thinking, and expanding language experiences. The first part of the book examines the uses of metaphor in constructing meaning. The second part takes up issues related to multiple perspectives--using metaphors to experience other lives, and exploring cultures through traditions. The third part of the book is devoted to a consideration of the history and current status of the English language and focuses on using cross-cultural stories in the English classroom, offering a number of resources for teaching multicultural literature in English. The fourth part examines the sensory experience of metaphors by seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching with the imagination. Contains 14 pages of references and an index. (NKA) |
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Contents
Language Thought and Imagination | 3 |
Metaphors and New Outlooks | 67 |
Imagining Language | 127 |
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| Title | Metaphorical ways of knowing: the imaginative nature of thought and expression |
| Authors | Sharon L. Pugh, Jean Wolph Hicks, Marcia Davis |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 4, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0814131514, 9780814131510 |
| Length | 220 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / General Education / Multicultural Education Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing Language Arts & Disciplines / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric Philosophy / Epistemology Psychology / Cognitive Psychology Psychology / Creative Ability |
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