Stories From Five Decades: One Teacher's Life in Dispositions of Curiosity, Innovativeness, Hopefulness, Authentic Care, and Presence

• In Event: Social and Discursive Contexts of Teachers' Work: Across Time and Place

Abstract

Increased teacher attrition has gained attention in the U.S. and globally. Stories of teachers who leave chronicle how the accountability climate diminishes teachers’ agency and removes the moral rewards that bring teachers to the profession. Veteran teachers’ stories could deepen and broaden our understanding of how teachers express moral dispositions. This exploration of one veteran teacher’s curiosity, innovativeness, hopefulness, authentic care, and presence illuminates the affordances teachers need to develop their unique dispositions reflecting their sense of the moral dimensions of teaching.

Author

• Colette Rabin, San José State University
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