Metaphors in anti-bias educational program: Educators’ voices

Voices of experience: reflections of nurse educators.

BACKGROUND Recent data reported by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing suggest that nursing education is experiencing a continued increase in applicants. However, because of a faculty shortage, many qualified students are denied enrollment. Strategies that would encourage individuals to consider a career in nursing education would somewhat alleviate applicant restrictions. METHODS...

Metaphors We Program By

Due to the inherent abstract nature of certain types of software development, programmers and software engineers use metaphoric language throughout many areas of their work. This paper examines some of the many metaphors found within software development and engineering. A simplistic taxonomy is used to present the metaphors that have been found. The use and importance of metaphor and programmi...

Metaphors and Anti-Unification

A classical approach of modeling metaphoric expressions uses a source concept network that is mapped to a target concept network. Both networks are usually represented as algebras. We present a representation using the mathematically sound framework of anti-unification. We will interpret metaphors as a special case of analogical reasoning for which anti-unification was already successfully appl...

Program Visualization through Visual Metaphors

Analyzing place metaphors in 3D educational collaborative virtual environments

In the recent years, the usage of three dimensional (3D) Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) for educational purposes has increased. The metaphors behind the design of virtual places are quite diverse, from replication of real universities to art museums and scientific labs. This paper reports the results of a case study where the students of our university, as a part of their course assi...