On Discipline Stripping: Difficulties in the Application of Humanistic Metaphors to Educational Phenomena.

Milburn, Geoffrey

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ERIC Number: EJ307305

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Publication Date: 1984

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On Discipline Stripping: Difficulties in the Application of Humanistic Metaphors to Educational Phenomena.

Milburn, Geoffrey

Canadian Journal of Education, v9 n4 p361-75 Fall 1984

Identifies and discusses two difficulties in application of humanities metaphors to educational phenomena: lack of criteria to assist in metaphor selection and transferring systems of discourse from a humanity to education in conditions in which the receiver is unfamiliar with the original sources. (NEC)

Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Educational Research, Educational Theories, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Metaphors, Problems, Writing Difficulties

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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