The Role of Metaphor and Symbol in Motivating Primary School Children

ISBN-13: 9781032119403 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 176 str.

UK) Ashton Elizabeth (ex-Lecturer in Durham University

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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?

O autorze

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.