Data Collection
After reading Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) work, specifically their thoughts on the experientialist alternative for giving new meaning to old myths, and discuss-ing how metaphor might help teachers construct meaning and reflect on their experiences, the participants responded to a three-part questionnaire. Part 1 soli-cited demographic information (see Table 1), while Part 2 asked the participants to provide their own metaphors for teaching and learning in the form of “Teach-ing is like…” and “Learning is like…” Finally, in Part 3, the participants justified their responses to Part 2 by writing brief personal narratives.