The topic of “dispositions” is central to teacher education and to teacher educators. Because of perhaps precipitous action on the part of accrediting agencies in teacher education, teacher educators need to define, teach, and assess dispositions in their programs. This book examines the sources of the concept dispositions, how it evolved in teacher education, what forms it has taken in selected programs, and what challenges remain in this arena for teacher educators.
Part I. Theoretical PerspectivesChapter 1. An Overview of Dispositions in Teacher Education.Chapter 2. Social-Cognitive Perspective in Dispositional Development.Chapter 3. The Perceptual Approach to Teacher Dispositions: The Effective Teacher as an Effective Person.Chapter 4. A Constructivist-Developmental Perspective.Chapter 5. Teacher Dispositions in Context.Chapter 6. We Teach Who We Are: The Intersection of Teacher Formation and Educator Dispositions.Part II. Experiential Perspecitves on Educator DispositionsChapter 7. Experiences With Dispositions in Teacher Education.Chapter 8. Alternatively Certified Teachers' Perceptions of Dispositions.Part III. Persisting Issues Raised by DispositionsChapter 9. Assessing Dispositions: Context and Questions.Chapter 10. The Role of Coaching in Working With Dispositions.Chapter 11. Dispositions as a Dialogue in Teacher Preparation.