Looking Back and Moving Forward: Three Tensions in the Teacher Dispositions Discourse

From Section:

Trends in Teacher Education

Authors:

Diez Mary E.

Published:

Jan. 01, 2007

2007

Source: Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 58, No. 5, 388-396 (2007)

This review chronicles the origins of the use of the term "dispositions" in teacher education and highlights problems in its current definitions and applications, suggesting questions that need to be addressed in dealing with those problems and outlining necessary changes in teacher education programs to address development and assessment of the whole teacher.

Updated: Jan. 17, 2017

Keywords:

Dispositions | Professional development | Teacher assessment | Teacher education

Link to Item: http://education-eng.macam.ac.il/article/279