Hi Everyone, I am gathering the use of metaphors in Vygotsky's work for a publication and want to be sure to include as many as possible. without any knowledge of Russian along with the fact that I have only recently begun a serious investigation of his work. In her essay on Vygotsky on Thinking and Speaking in the Cambridge companion to Vygotsky,(2007) Vera John-Steiner cites some of Vygotsky's most famous examples, i.e. inner speech as "speech turning inward"; thought as a "cloud shedding a shower of words"; "consciousness is reflected in a word in a word as the sun in a drop of water". (p.151). Yes I know "tool" is a controversial example to some people :-). Can you folks think of any others ? Thank-you in advance for any help with this. Robert Lake Robert Lake Ed.D. Assistant Professor Social Foundations of Education Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading Georgia Southern University P. O. Box 8144 Phone: (912) 478-5125 Fax: (912) 478-5382 Statesboro, GA 30460 Democracy must be born anew in every generation, and education is its midwife. -John Dewey.
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