Wormeli, Rick.

Metaphors & analogies : power tools for teaching any subject / Metaphors and analogies Rick Wormeli. - Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, c2009. - viii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Events create ripples and equations are balances : metaphors in every subject -- Familiarity breeds content -- Archimedes' metaphorical legacy : the right tools for the job -- Walking in our students' shoes, and sometimes making the shoes ourselves -- Focusing the lens on English language learners -- Metaphor in motion : the physics of comprehension -- Seeing is believing : developing visual metaphors -- The incubation stage : hatching new metaphors and analogies -- Cleaning out the metaphorical carburetor : teaching students what to do when metaphors break down -- Listening to harmony and discordant sounds : transcending current education metaphors -- Appendix A: Metaphorical terms and devices -- Appendix B: In the classroom : creative examples of metaphors from teachers -- Additional resources.

ISBN: 9781571107589 (alk. paper) 1571107584 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009019943

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teaching.
Metaphor--Study and teaching.

LC Class. No.: LB1025.3 / .W725 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 371.39