Dispositions

Dispositions cannot be taught. I believe that dispositions can be gradually changed over time, but cannot be taught by anyone other than the person experiencing a certain disposition. There is no step by step process to have a disposition. A disposition is a "person's inherent qualities of mind and character." In other words, it is how they think, so I would relate this closely to someone's personality. You cannot change a persons personality over night. Someone can watch another person that has certain dispositions and notice what it is that he or she does to exhibit those behaviors. However, a person needs to learn for themselves what does and does not work in their life and teaching style in order to accommodate a certain disposition.

I would recommend that education students get more experience working in front of classes in order to find their own dispositions. Being able to explain yourself through words and actually performing and demonstrating a disposition are two completely different things. Being in front of a group and leading a classroom somehow, someway, sometime would greatly demonstrate the dispositions of an education student. This may also really show the student if he or she can imagine teaching. Many education students do not get a good chance to find their own dispositions in action until they student teach. If they then realize that teaching is not for them they would seem to have very few options as to where to go from there.