I don’t know about other countries, but in Brazil every single English programme in schools had the phrase The book is on the table in some lesson. Therefore, this is an expression that goes beyond itself, I would say that it is not just a phrase; it is a meta-phrase which can be seen here is a metaphor.
Books that are actually on my desk queuing for [maybe seeking?] attention:
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Book Owner |
Title | Author(s) | Status |
| HV | Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research | Reading |
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| MN | Actively Seeking Inclusion: Insiders, Outsiders and Deciders | Julie Allan | Started and put on hold |
| HV | Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry | Norman K. Denzin (Editor), Yvonna S. Lincoln (Editor) | Frequently consulted as reference |
| MN | Doing Practitioner Research Differently | Marion Dadds (Editor), Susan Hart (Editor) | Queuing |
| HV | Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom | bell hooks | I’ve read only the introduction, which is in fact her autobiography |
| MN | Manifesto for Learning: Fundamental Principles (Continuum studies in lifelong learning) | Janet Collins, Joe Harkin and Melanie Nind | Reading Chapter 9: Talking about communication that can be useful for our “writing” about language. |
| HV | Educational Research for Social Justice: Getting Off the Fence | Morwenna Griffiths | Finished only chapter 8 (empowerment and voice), but have done skim-reading for Gill’s assignment. |
Newcomers from Amazon
| Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and Its Metaphors – Sontag, Susan | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods: Narrative Analysis Riessman, Catherine |
Newcomers from Library
| Paulo Freire : a critical encounter McLaren, Peter. | ||
| Inclusive education : policy, contexts and comparative perspectives Armstrong, Felicity. | ||
| Émile Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. | ||
| How gertrude teaches her children Pestalozzi, J.H. | ||
| Pestalozzi’s educational writings Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich. | ||