Structuring learning environments in teacher education to elicit dispositions as habits of mind / Erskine S. Dottine, Lynne D. Miller, George E. O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dottin, Erskine S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Study and teaching.

Education.

Education--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the College of Education at Florida International University. It discusses their pedagogical efforts to structure learning environments consistent with the philosophical orientation in the college's conceptual framework to evoke key habits of mind that are consistent with reflective intelligence.

Contents:

STRUCTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN TEACHER EDUCATION TO ELICIT DISPOSITIONS AS HABITS OF MIND; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Examining How Pre-Service Teacher Education Students Conceptualize and Frame Problems of Professional Practice in Light of Professional Knowledge and Habits of Mind; Chapter 2 Building Trust in Undergraduate ESOL Classes: Foundation of Democratic Habits of Mind; Chapter 3 Making Connections: Starting to Incorporate the Habits of Mind in TESOL Classes

Chapter 4 Reframing Subject-Area Reading for Secondary Students Using Habits of MindChapter 5 Living My Teaching Philosophy to Support Candidates' Development of Habits of Mind; Chapter 6 DeMYSTifying Dispositions: Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Organization and Supervision of a Course in a Reading Program; Chapter 7 Nurturing Dispositions Programmatically: Awareness, Valuing, and Internalization

Chapter 8 Shifting Teachers' Discourse in the Classroom: Implications of Cultivating Habits of Mind, Visible Thinking, and Teaching for Understanding in a Graduate Childhood Curriculum CourseChapter 9 Physical Activity, Sports, and the Habits of Mind; Chapter 10 Elementary Education Candidates Valuing Dispositions in a Supervised Clinical Practicum in Reading: Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations; Chapter 11 Microteaching Lesson Study (MLS) for Promoting Habits of Mind in Courses for Learning to Teach Mathematics

Chapter 12 Using an Historical Lens and Reflection to Establish Our Vision of Teaching Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Content and Methods of ScienceChapter 13 Reflections; Contributors' Biographical Sketch

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-299-31627-1

0-7618-6087-8