Metaphoric Language: An Ignored Educational Category

Viewed from historical language evolution, education metaphoric language has been ignored in educational activities because of our pursuing scientific aptitude of educational language. Education metaphor has, in fact, a special and abundant meaning of humanity spirit as a fontal being. Education metaphor is a band of human being and nature, and it can arouse the creative ability of students with the aid of their rich imagination, help to extend their thought. Unscrambling education metaphor is a process of continuously coming forth of new meanings, and it is also an important approach to scientific discovery. By focusing close attention on life, education helps human spirit to grow freely. Therefore, education is apt to reach the goal of humanity perfection by appealing to a return of metaphor.