Recent newspaper stories about career development learning in young children have sparked a national discussion. When is too soon? When is it too late? When is the best time for children to start learning about the world of work and their future careers? It’s a moot point. Kids start learning about work as they watch …
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Metaphors of Higher Education: What do they reveal?
KNOWLEDGE and BELIEF = AN OBJECT THAT IS SPATIALLY LOCATED Find Knowledge Figurative frame of knowledge: Knowledge is something to be discovered, or we can see where it is by searching for it. Discover Belief Figurative frame of belief: Belief is something you can find out that you did not know before. Methodology: Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit …
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Metaphor as a Wine Education Corkscrew
Wine is a captivating beverage. Each glass tells a story of aromas and flavours, people and places, culture and history. For many people, the winery cellar door is their entry point to wine appreciation, knowledge, and awareness—wine acculturation and education. Wine is, after all, a definitively human phenomenon, made by people for people to experience …
Metaphor Identification Research Opens a New Vista on Career and Work
New research method shows how to detect and use metaphors in career-related talk, text, and gesture.
ACCELL Research Team 