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Looking Back and Moving Forward

Three Tensions in the Teacher Dispositions Discourse

Alverno College

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.

Key Words: teacher education • dispositions • teacher assessment

Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 58, No. 5, 388-396 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0022487107308418


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