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The metaphor of a feedback loop underpinned a significant curriculum change in a first year teacher-education unit. Assessment for Learning (AfL) practices such as discussing examples of previous...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
This article deals with several problems associated with metaphors commonly used for scientific concepts associated with the topic of evolution. First, a pragmatic linguistic approach is used to...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
It is anathema for educators to describe pedagogy as having a recipe—it is tantamount to saying it is a technicist process rather than a professional one requiring active, informed decision making....
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: CM2014_10_114.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
In this article we draw on ideas of boundary crossing and boundary objects as a way of thinking about preservice teachers’ metaphors about the nature of mathematics. During a graduate primary...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Lesson observations are used in educational environments worldwide to support professional development and to measure content and quality of curriculum delivery. Within a neoliberal context, lesson...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
“Students as co-researchers” is a mode of engagement between students and teachers in school systems that has been likened to a bridge. This article explores the bridge metaphor with reference to one...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Proponents of metaphor research argue metaphor is no longer regarded as merely a poetic flourish, but instead forms a part of our regular meaning-making repertoire. This article critically considers...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article