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Effective or Wise? Teaching and Assessing Professional Dispositions in Education

Sun, April 6, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 120B

Session Type: Symposium

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That’s what an education does – it makes the world personal. –McCarthy

This quote relates to the proposal because, in this age of standardization, accountability, and commitment to a kind of frantic competency, the notion that education is not only something that happens with human beings but is for human beings, is threatened. Education brings us within reach of the possibilities of being human.

This symposium will address the theoretical and historical connections between ideas such as standardization, professionalism, competency and teacher effectiveness. In addition, participants will extend or reinvigorate their conceptions of professional dispositions as they consider how, when, and whether professionalism can be taught and assessed though teacher education from recruitment and admissions to program completion and induction.

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