Human beings rely equally on narrative (or storytelling) and metaphor (or analogy) for making sense of the world. Narrative and Metaphor in Education integrates the two perspectives of narrative and metaphor in educational theory and practice at every level from pre-school to lifelong civic education. Bringing together outstanding educational researchers, the book interweaves for the first time the rich strand of current research about how narrative may be used productively in education with more fragmentary research on the role of metaphor in education and invites readers to ‘look both ways.’ The book consists of research by 40 academics from many countries and disciplines, describing and analysing the intricate connections between narrative and metaphor as they manifest themselves in many fields of education, including: concepts of education, teacher identity and reflective practice, teaching across cultures, teaching science and history, using digital and visual media in teaching, fostering reconciliation in a postcolonial context, special needs education, civic and social education and educational policy-making. It is unique in combining study of the narrative perspective and the metaphor perspective, and in exploring such a comprehensive range of topics in education. Narrative and Metaphor in Education will be of great interest to academics and researchers in the fields of education and educational policy, as well as teacher educators, practising and future teachers. It will also appeal to psychologists, sociologists, applied linguists and communications specialists.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Looking at both narrative and metaphor in education Michael Hanne and Anna A. Kaal Part 2: Narrative, metaphor, and learning Chapter 2: Honouring the role of narrative and metaphor in education Kieran Egan Chapter 3: You in motion: Stories and metaphors of becoming in narrative learning environments David Baboulene, Alex Golding, Sjoerd-Jeroen Moenandar, and Floor Van Renssen Chapter 4: An ecology for learning and teaching: Niches for theories within the habitat of learning Robin Lane Part 3: Narrative and metaphor in teaching a range of disciplines Chapter 5: Multiperspectivity in the history classroom: The role of narrative and metaphor Marc Kropman, Jannet van Drie & Carla van Boxtel Chapter 6: Resonant Work: Metaphor and narrative in music, learning, and life Margaret S. Barrett and Sandra L. Stauffer Chapter 7: How metaphor and narrative interact in stories of forces of nature Hans U. Fuchs, Annamaria Contini, Elisabeth Dumont, Alessandra Landini, and Federico Corni Part 4: Narrative, metaphor and the politics of education Chapter 8: Narrative and metaphor in special educational needs: shaping thought, discourse, and practice Janine Talley Chapter 9: Uneducation: Narrative and metaphor in subjugated knowledge Sandy Farquhar and Peter Fitzsimons Chapter 10: Education reform in Croatia: A tug of war Ivana Marinić and Ksenija Benčina Part 5: Narrative and metaphor in intercultural education Chapter 11: Stories about language: Raising learners’ language awareness using metaphor Anna A. Kaal & Sebastiaan Dönszelmann Chapter 12: Journeys of learning: dimensions of metaphor and narrative landscapes across cultures Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin Chapter 13: Teaching for reconciliation: Insights from an augmented reality project Avril Aitken and Linda Radford Part 6: Narrative and metaphor in the education of teachers and counsellors Chapter 14: Teaching as performance: Using narrative and metaphor in initial teacher education Dorothy Morrissey Chapter 15: Four seasons of composing stories to live by: Teaching, learning and research strategies in teacher education Janet Dyson & Clare Smith Chapter 16: Narrative and metaphor as two sides of the same coin: The case for using both in research and teacher development Volha Arkhipenka and Svetlana Lupasco Chapter 17: Narrative and metaphor in constructing teacher identity, self-positioning and coherence Yanping Fang and Ken Mizusawa Chapter 18: Weaving threads into a basket: Facilitating counsellor identity creation through metaphor and narrative Sarah Penwarden Part 7: Narrative inquiry needs metaphor, too Chapter 19: A journey through narrative inquiry to autoethnography Gwyneth James Chapter 20: Lingering departures: Reverberations through, and in, narrative inquiry response communities. Vera Caine, Sean Lessard, and D. Jean Clandinin Chapter 21: …. And Look Ahead, Too Michael Hanne and Anna A. Kaal