Journal article
Brian’s life is not just another brick in the wall: Reframing the metaphor of science teaching
Journal of curriculum and pedagogy, Vol.22(2), pp.330-344
06/2025
DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2023.2284711
Abstract
Current shifts in national curricula have pushed teachers to focus on the epistemic practices of the discipline and embed their pedagogical practices within generative learning environments. We argue that there is a need to address the metaphor that best represents this shift. Building on the picture of education pushed by Pink Floyd and themes at the center of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, we argue that teaching should align with the concepts of authoring and authority of knowledge to align learning outcomes to the disciplinary concepts being studied. We use science education as the basis of this argument as we argue that teaching metaphors such as Sage on the Stage and Guide from the Side, need to be replaced with Teacher as Negotiator if we are to have success in helping students fully participate in generative learning environments.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Brian’s life is not just another brick in the wall: Reframing the metaphor of science teaching
- Creators
- Brian Hand - University of IowaAndy Cavagnetto - Washington State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of curriculum and pedagogy, Vol.22(2), pp.330-344
- DOI
- 10.1080/15505170.2023.2284711
- ISSN
- 1550-5170
- eISSN
- 2156-8154
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/29/2023
- Date published
- 06/2025
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984539438902771
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