ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide an overview of the research that has been conducted into the role(s) played by metaphor in a range of educational contexts, and to explain its variation across different genres and registers within education. I look at both spoken and written metaphor in educational contexts involving both children and adults, using either their first or second language. The term ‘educational context’ is taken to mean any communicative situation in which the intention is to extend the knowledge base of the recipient or to promote different or deeper ways of thinking about a given subject. Both formal and informal contexts are considered.
