Document Type
Introductory Essay
Theme
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
In 2002 the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) published new standards for its 632 member schools of education. The first standard included a requirement that schools of education assess pre-service teachers’ “dispositions,” and suggested the core values of a good teacher; among them was a belief in “social justice.” Indeed, until NCATE quietly dropped “social justice” from its materials last summer, it was given top billing along with such unassailable qualities as caring, fairness, honesty, and responsibility.
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
de Forest, Jennifer
(2007)
"Antecedents of Disposition Testing: Lessons from the History of the Good Teacher,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 2:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol2/iss2/3
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Social justice and education; Teachers--Professional ethics; Teachers--Training of--United States; Teachers--Certification--United States
Geographic Coverage
United States
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text