Educational Metaphor: From the Cognitive and Linguistic Point of View

Education is a kind of complex phenomenon,a procedure of culture and psychology interaction,and an art of spiritual intercourse.Education is hard to be recognized and understood precisely only in its definition.Educational metaphor is not only an important tool of thinking for people's understanding of the educational activity,but also the main method of educational narration.This article mainly analyses the background of educational metaphor and explores how the educational metaphor creates the individual's understanding of and faith in education itself.It provides a new point of view in the study of the teacher's personal practical knowledge.