Teacher Candidates’ Beliefs About Dispositions: Where Do We Go From Here?

• In Event: Roundtable Session 95
  In Roundtable Session: Research on the Development of Teacher Beliefs, Knowledge, and Efficacy

Abstract

Teacher education programs accredited through NCATE (2002) and INTASC (1992) have been charged with helping candidates develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions. This study focuses on teacher candidate understandings and beliefs about the definition, development, and assessment of dispositions. The following questions guide this study:
• What do teacher candidates understand about dispositions?
• Do teacher candidates believe dispositions can be developed?
• Do teacher candidates believe dispositions should be developed?
• Do teacher candidates believe dispositions can be assessed?
• Do teacher candidates believe dispositions should be assessed ?
• What can programs do to help them develop dispositions?
• What do teacher candidates believe the results of dispositions assessments should be used for?

Author

• A.J. Zenkert, Boise State University