Metaphor, Paradigm, and Education

Coronavirus and medical education: Getting change and turning to new education paradigm: the need for scaffolding learning in online training

Coronavirus pandemic has caused extensive changes in various fields. Education is one challenging and necessary dimension to be paid attention by policymakers and considered as a necessity. Due to changes in the methods and styles of providing medical education from face-to-face to virtual training, and due to its novelty in our country and several challenges ahead, it is necessary to take meas...

metaphor in education; hidden but effective

abstract the aim of this paper is to illustrate the role of metaphor in education. the main thesis is that the metaphors shape our attitude towards education implicitly.  with this aim in mind, first, the concept of metaphor is briefly introduced, and then three of the most famous metaphors that have been used in education (factories, gardening and travel), and their differences are discussed. ...

Humane Education: A Paradigm for Ethical Problem Solving in Education

What is right? What is wrong? In modem education it is often impossible to achieve single answers to this very difficult question, particularly in the current climate of increasing societal metamorphosis. It is difficult to teach or even discern an ethical answer to a question in this modem age. Factors of social change include issues such as those related to the structure of the family, the te...

Enculturation the Neglected Learning Metaphor in Mathematics Education

A Quantum Metaphor of Organizations: Implications for Business Education

One of the major structural changes facing organizations today involves moving from traditional hierarchical work paradigms, beyond teams, to the “virtual” organization. In the virtual organization, “work” is no longer the place you go. It is, rather, “what you do.” These new work paradigms are simultaneously driving new paradigms for the delivery of education. Managers with more flexibility in...