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Peer reviewedSfard, Anna – Educational Researcher, 1998
Explores two metaphors for learning, the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor. After a critical evaluation of the interpretations and applications of these metaphors, the question of theoretical unification of research on learning is addressed, stressing the dangers of too great a devotion to one single metaphor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning
