Dispositions : reframing teaching and learning / Arthur L. Costa, professor emeritus, California State University, Sacramento, cofounder, Institute for Habits of Mind, Bena Kallick, program director, Eduplanet21, cofounder, Institute for Habits of Mind ; foreword by Yong Zhao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, Arthur L., author.

Kallick, Bena, author.

Contributor:

Zhao, Yong, writer of supplementary textual content.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Educational psychology.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, a SAGE Company, [2014]

Summary:

This book incorporates new cognitive science that shows how influencing students' mental habits is their key to finding meaning in classroom content. Topics include making dispositions come alive in the minds of students, shifting the thinking of educational leaders, parents, politicians and the public, and how to align day-to-day classroom practices with larger dispositional outcomes.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Challenging the Mindset

2. Why Dispositions?

3. What are Dispositions?

4. Deciding On Dispositions

5. Dispositions: Hard-Wired or Learned?

6. Dispositions by Intention: Mapping the Curriculum

7. Observing and Assessing Growth in Dispositional Learning

8. School Cultures that Support Dispositional Learning

*9. Afterthoughts and Actions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4833-3914-9

1-4833-3909-2

1-4833-3913-0

9781483339146

OCLC:

962877390

Publisher Number:

242304