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Among the elements that should cooperate and act in harmony are teachers, school administrators and experts in educational management and supervision. Further, a curriculum is needed for the education process to proceed in a planned manner. This study aims to explore the metaphorical perceptions of teachers concerning the concepts of principal, inspector and curriculum. A qualitative research design was adopted in this study. The study group was formed through convenience and purposive sampling methods, and the study was conducted with 25 primary schoolteachers working in Northern Cyprus. A two-stage form was used to identify the metaphorical perceptions of the teachers. The collected data were analysed through content analysis method. They considered principals as the leader and manager of the school they worked in while stressing moderate or rigid attitudes of certain principals. Associations related to the concept of inspector were mostly about guidance; however, they also mentioned the negative characteristics of the inspectors they encountered regarding human relations. Finally, the concept of curriculum was perceived as a guiding adviser and as having a difficult, complex and restrictive structure. In the light of the results, it is recommended that principals be supported as regards human relations, managing relationships and communication, benefiting from guidance services in this regard. In the light of the results, it is recommended that principals and inspectors be supported as regards human relations, managing relationships and communication, benefiting from guidance services in this regard. Teachers are primary practitioners of the curriculum, and attempting to implement a challenging curriculum will reduce the efficiency and quality of education.  \nKeywords: Metaphor, Perception, Principal, Inspector, Curriculum.  \nDOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.373.7  \n1MA, Ministry of National Education and Culture, Lefkoşa, Northern Cyprus, ORCID: 0000-0002-0966-2399, Email: [nesertok@hotmail.com](nesertok@hotmail.com)  \n2 Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Education, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Northern Cyprus, ORCID: 0000-0002-1452- 3449.  \n[Correspondence](Correspondence: aummanel@eul.edu.tr)[: aummanel@eul.edu.tr](Correspondence: aummanel@eul.edu.tr)  \nIntroduction  \nThoughts about objects, events, concepts and situations can be conveyed in various ways. Oneof these ways is the use of metaphors. Metaphors are defined as the meanings that humans create by filtering the real-world events in their minds (Nikitina & Furuoka, 2008) . Accepted also as a kind of analogy and explanation, metaphors are the expression of unknown things through the things we know (Perry & Cooper, 2001) .  \nThe process that emerges with the use of metaphors is called metaphoric thinking. This process comprises three stages. The first stage encompasses any abstract phenomenon, concept, event or situation that is intended to be explained or interpreted. In the second stage, concrete linguistic expressions are used to explain this phenomenon. The final stage includes the equivalence established between these two phenomena (Sezer, 2003) .  \nMetaphors can help us express our ideas more easily on issues we are afraid to talk about or subjects that are difficult to talk about (Lakoff & Johnson, 2003) . Metaphors are also a modelling mechanism for individuals to understand and make sense of their own world (Arslan & Bayrakçı, 2006) . Furthermore, metaphor is a language event that occurs as a result of transferring the name of one to the other by establishing an analogy between two things with distant or close interest (Aksan, 1999) ","cbCaidwNfSazSaQu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidwNfSazSaQu","pdf",343955,13,"English","# Introduction\n## The Significance of the Study","[{\"question\":\"What is the aim of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To explore teachers’ metaphorical perceptions of the concepts of principal, inspector, and curriculum.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"A qualitative design was used, with 25 Northern Cyprus primary schoolteachers. Teachers’ metaphors were identified using a two-stage form and analyzed through content analysis.\"},{\"question\":\"How did teachers metaphorically perceive principals, inspectors, and curriculum?\",\"answer\":\"Principals were seen as school leaders and managers, sometimes with moderate or rigid attitudes. 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