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Metafor is the explanation of a concept or fact by comparison to another concept or fact. The metaphors that enable the establishment of relationships by finding the similarities of a new information to the previously known information and the concrete explanation of the new information are a powerful mental tool that the individual can employ in understanding and explanation of a high-level abstract, complex or theoretical phenomenon. It is an effective way in the narration, transmission and understanding of everything that concerns man and society. Thro the course of education, it is also made possible to understand through the metaphors often used by linking a subject that the student does not know to a subject that he knows. This research is aimed at determining the metaphoric perceptions of the teaching concept of health care professional high school students. The work group of the research with a qualified design consists of 145 students at the Ankara Pursaklar Health Care High School. The research data was obtained using a semi-configured metaphor form developed by the researcher. According to the research findings, health care professional high school students have produced 47 valid metaphors about the teacher's concept. The average number of metaphors produced by a student is 0.32. 10 metaphors are above the average, 37 metaphors are below the average. When ranked by 10 metaphor frequencies above the average produced by 95 students, the first place is the mother/parent metaphor. This is followed by family, educator/leader, source of information, guide, angel, friend, book, tree, and love foam metaphors respectively. The remaining 37 metaphors below the average were produced by 50 students. 4 of them were produced by 3 students, 5 by 2 students and 28 by 1 student.

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