‘Plastic justice’: a metaphor for education

A Quantum Metaphor of Organizations: Implications for Business Education

One of the major structural changes facing organizations today involves moving from traditional hierarchical work paradigms, beyond teams, to the “virtual” organization. In the virtual organization, “work” is no longer the place you go. It is, rather, “what you do.” These new work paradigms are simultaneously driving new paradigms for the delivery of education. Managers with more flexibility in...

Cancer as a Metaphor

Introduction: Cognitive linguists believe that metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon, and that what appears in language is just the aspect of cognitive phenomenon Metaphor is one of the basic interdisciplinary concepts that has been paid more attention to its fundamental role in various aspects of psychology, medicine, including cancer in recent years. Methods:. From the point of view of cognitiv...

Title : Managing Meaning : Metaphor in Criminal Justice Policy

Social Justice and Adult Education

It should be understood that the importance of adult education is to illuminate the current context in which the adult functions. This adult frames directly linked with the construct of social justice. Adult education is examined under two frames: (a) Merriam and Brockett (1997) who define adult education as “...activities intentionally designed for the purpose of bringing about learning among ...

Cancer as a Metaphor

Introduction: Cognitive linguists believe that metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon, and that what appears in language is just the aspect of cognitive phenomenon Metaphor is one of the basic interdisciplinary concepts that has been paid more attention to its fundamental role in various aspects of psychology, medicine, including cancer in recent years. Methods:. From the point of view of cognitiv...