Comments on: Metaphors of learning (after Ivar Nordmo and the article by Sfard, 1998) https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/ Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Reading about connections between theory and practice in teaching, metaphors for learning, and academically-supportive friendships - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/#comment-3152 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 14:44:03 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=16187#comment-3152 […] & Nückles (2015) discuss metaphors of learning in higher education. I’ve written about Sfard (1998)’s acquisition (knowledge as something we can possess) vs participation (knowledge… before, and Wegner & Nückles (2015) expand it into four different categories: acquisition […]

]]> By: CHESS/iEarth joint course on “communication skills in outreach and teaching” - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/#comment-3047 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:40:17 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=16187#comment-3047 […] Nordmo spoke about different metaphors of learning, and how the way we speak about learning influences our thoughts on the […]

]]> By: Apostolos Deräkis https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/#comment-2998 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:43:42 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=16187#comment-2998 In reply to manel.

Definitely eye-opening but I can’t buy it yet! Here are some half-baked thoughts…

You sign up for a degree and learn a lot of things and practices. Some of this is generic, some it very tight to the profession, some is both. Or at least delivered in a way that is characteristic of the profession.

But there is an “end” to it, at some point you get your diploma, you become a qualified member of the profession (even if learning never stops). How are those two concepts applied here?

]]> By: "Wonder questions" and geoscience misconceptions. - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/#comment-2970 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:12:37 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=16187#comment-2970 […] as part of the CHESS/iEarth Summer School, Kikki Kleiven lead a workshop on geoscience teaching. She gave a great overview over how to […]

]]> By: manel https://mirjamglessmer.com/2021/04/17/metaphors-of-learning/#comment-2943 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 09:44:17 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=16187#comment-2943 This: ‘When we talk about new (or new-to-us) concepts, we often describe them with words that have previously been used in other contexts. As we bring the words into a new domain, their meaning might change a little, but the first assumption will be that the new concept we describe by those old words is, indeed, described by those words carrying the same old, familiar meaning”

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