Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 3, Issue 2


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Pages

140-159


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Article

Prospective Primary Teachers’ Metaphorical Perceptions towards Mathematics


Authors

Ebru Güveli Affiliation:
Rize Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü
, A. Sabri İpek Affiliation:
Rize Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü
, Ercan Atasoy Affiliation:
Rize Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü
and Hasan Güveli Affiliation:
Rize Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi, İlköğretim Bölümü


Abstract

For Lakoff and Johnson (2005), who believe that metaphorical relations form a considerable part of conceptual system, metaphor is to understand and experience a phenomena/fact according to a phenomena/fact. Being primarily a means of perception, metaphor includes a transfer of information from the known end to new/unknown end, in teaching of mathematics, abstractness of mathematical notions and pretty much hardness of these notions indirectly, accentuate metaphors as a powerful mental model in understanding of abstract, complex or theoretical fact, and in explaining metaphors as a powerful mental model. There are many research revealed that metaphors, in recent years, are said to be a powerful means of research determining perceptions (Inbar, 1996; Guerrero and Villamil, 2002; Saban et al. 2006).


Keywords

Sınıf öğretmeni adayı, metafor, matematik


Citation

Güveli, E., İpek, A. S., Atasoy, E., & Güveli, H. (2011). Prospective primary teachers’ metaphorical perceptions towards mathematics. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 3(2), 140–159.

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