Several studies in the area of education have recently applied metaphor analysis as an analytical tool for investigating the perceptions and attitudes of various stakeholders, such as learners, ...practicing and pre-service teachers, language teachers, etc. on different aspects of teaching and learning (Nikitina and Furuoka 2008; Oxford et al. 1998; Chen 2003). The primary aim of the study presented in this paper is to identify the ways pre-service teachers perceive the teacher’s role through metaphors. The theoretical framework first looks at metaphor from a cognitive perspective (Lakoff 1993). We then turn to the conceptualisation of teachers through metaphors, with particular reference to the typology of teacher metaphors developed by Oxford et al. (1998), Oxford (2001), and Chen's (2003) classification system for metaphors about teaching. The second part presents the results of a qualitative research which was carried out based on the analysis of students' personal documentary material in the form of argumentative essays. The results of the content analysis are presented in different categories and include selected direct quotations by the participants. The results indicate that future primary school teachers perceive the teacher’s role through a variety of metaphors, such as conceptualising teachers as friends, parents or role models. We would like to argue that their perceptions expressed through metaphors reflect different educational paradigms.
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