From the authors of the best-selling Habits of Mind… Two leading consultants present a game-changing look at why and how to “mind the gap” between what we claim are educational essentials, and how we evaluate results. Dispositions builds on the authors’ influential Habits of Mind writings, including new evidence of why influencing students’ dispositional 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 How to align day-to-day classroom practices with larger dispositional outcomes
Part 2, Regional Perspectives, take us across the globe, providing us with insight as to the impact of teaching dispositions within both teacher education programs and online educational environments. Our journey begins in Northern ...
These are then linked to other issues such as the nature of mind, matter, universals, existence, laws of nature and causation.
The book provides a novel account of laws of nature via dispositions.
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Mumford puts forward a new theory of dispositions, showing how central their role in metaphysics and philosophy of science is. Much of our understanding of the physical and psychological world...
This collection of essays, by leading international researchers, examine the case for realism with respect to dispositions and causal powers in both metaphysics and science.
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Provides a deeper understanding of the various concepts and relevance of dispositions to teaching and other professions that serve in school settings.
In recent decades, the analysis of causal relations has become a topic of central importance in analytic philosophy. More recently, dispositional properties have also become objects of intense study.
Accompanying this text is a helpful online faculty guide for supervisors to use while working with CITs. Aligned with CACREP, ACA, and ACES standards, this textbook will be useful for all graduate students training to become counselors.