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The main purpose of this research is to study the perceptions of geography teachers about the map by using the metaphor analysis method. The research has been used by the scientific system. The study’s work group consists of 116 people in the 2012-2013 educational year, teaching geography in various high schools in the center of the province of Istanbul. In the form prepared as a data collection tool in the study, participants were asked to complete the phrase "Map is like... because..." to reveal the perceptions of the concept of "Map". In the analysis of the collected data, content analysis is used from the quality analysis techniques. The geography teachers who participated in the study produced 59 different metaphors towards the concept of "Map" (the grandfather's stick, guide, puzzle, the code of the geography, the eye, the vessels in the body, etc.). This outcome shows that the concept of "Map" cannot be explained as a whole by a single metafor. The metaphors that geographical teachers advance have been gathered under four different conceptual categories in terms of common characteristics. These are: (1) guide and guide, (2) informative, (3) life-facilitating and (4) geographical science assistant.

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