Choose one of the following metaphors for teaching and develop it with respect to items like the following: attitude to learners, communications with learners, expectations of learners, assignments, assessment, rules,  learner differences, behaviour of learners, nature/nurture, needs, curricular content, empowerment of learners, homework, teacher's role, record keeping, organization, activity level, discovery, messiness, artificiality, etc... USE THE TEACHER AS RESEARCHER METAPHOR AS A GUIDE FOR THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS.