‘An academic is like a bad dinner guest.’ Exploring cross-cultural perspectives of academics via metaphors
(2021)
Journal Article
Sever, M., Ozdemir, S., & Jobson, K. (2022). ‘An academic is like a bad dinner guest.’ Exploring cross-cultural perspectives of academics via metaphors. Higher Education Research & Development, 41(4), 1262-1276. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1887096
The aim of this study is to explore and analyze metaphors constructed around academics, in both the contexts of the UK and Turkey, to see if general opinion on academics seems to be shifting from the well-known ‘ivory-tower’ reputation, and if the pe... Read More about ‘An academic is like a bad dinner guest.’ Exploring cross-cultural perspectives of academics via metaphors.