“…Metaphors are not in the least irrelevant to understand our world, since our standard conceptual system is basically metaphorical (Lakoff & Johnson, 1991;Melville & Wallace, 2007); furthermore, they are now considered a valuable means to understand professional teaching life and have become the subject of research attention. Studies that have intertwined narrative and metaphorical thinking have yielded a solid bedrock of knowledge about the constitution of teacher professionalism and identity (Anspal, Eisenschmidt, & Löfström, 2012;Argos, Ezquerra, & Castro, 2011;Ben-Peretz, Mendelson, & Kron, 2003;Leavy, Mcsorley, & Boté, 2007;Mahlios, Massengill-Shaw & Barry, 2010;Martínez, Sauleda & Huber, 2001;Thomas & Beauchamp, 2011). Metaphors appear to restructure complex situations, creating new meanings of the surrounding world and facilitating the assimilation and persistence of learning (Owen, 1984).…”