How (not) to explain anything with metaphor

This post on metaphor and explanation in education makes the point that metaphors are very often used too superficially and that educators would benefit from knowing more about how metaphor-based understanding works.

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Ultimately, any metaphor-based explanation can be but a singular event in the continual process of understanding. Metaphors, when used well, can be great instruments for further exploration. But when used poorly, they are but ornaments on an empty box of the vacant mind.

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 08:05AM by techczech http://bit.ly/2WCpCIQ