Donald Clark has had a very productive November, so much so that I'm falling behind in posts of his I'd like to link to. He has been writing sort articles about people influential in the field of learning, and now that he has widened his gaze beyond traditional 'education' researchers he's been covering people who have played key roles over the years, including many who have been influential on my own thought. This post references George Lakoff, who I saw speak in 1990 at the very influential Connectionism conference in Vancouver. It's hard to believe it was only 30 years ago. Here's Clark's summary, in part: "We think in frames and metaphors. Teachers and learners play roles, these are frames. As teachers and learners we also communicate, largely through language which is deeply metaphorical, with varying layers of metaphor."
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