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ED452999 PS029510
Title: Teachers' Beliefs and Teaching Beliefs.
Author(s): Raths, James
Pages: 11
Publication Date: 2001
Notes: In: Early Childhood Research & Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children, 2001; see PS 029 507. Published biannually. Paper presented at a symposium honoring ECRP editor Lilian G. Katz (Champaign, IL, November 5-7, 2000).
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Speeches/meeting papers (150)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Delaware
Journal Announcement: RIEOCT2001
On the premise that teacher education programs, with their emphasis
on methods, are largely ineffective in improving current teaching
practice, this paper examines ways teacher educators can change some
of the beliefs of teachers and teacher candidates early in a program
so as to optimize the impact of learning new teaching practices.
Three central questions are addressed--what technologies are available
to teacher educators for changing candidate beliefs, what ethics come
into play concerning changing the beliefs of candidates, and what
beliefs should be taught--along with the problems posed for changing
beliefs. The paper then explores the concept of "dispositions,"
suggesting that if teacher educators could conceptualize the problem
as one of "weak dispositions" rather than one of "beliefs," many of
the issues would disappear. Three possible dispositions are explored
as goals for a teacher education program: knowledge, colleagueship,
and advocacy. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/HTH)
Descriptors: *Beliefs; *Change Strategies; Higher Education;
*Preservice Teacher Education; *Preservice Teachers; *Teacher
Attitudes; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Improvement
