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Return of the Thought Police?

School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
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  2. Return of the Thought Police?
Author(s)
  • Laurie Hines
Abstract

The article discusses the concerns raised against the disposition assessment of aspiring teachers and the evaluation of teachers' mental hygiene and personality. It cites that the critics of disposition assessment accuse education schools in the U.S. of acting as ideological gatekeepers to public school employment. It relates the conflict caused by the inclusion of social justice in the definition of dispositions by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Format
Article
Publication Date
2007-04-01
Publication Title
Education Next
Volume
7
Issue
2
First Page
58
Last Page
65
Keywords
  • academic freedom
  • teacher disposition
  • dispositions assessment
  • teacher personality
Subject
  • Education
  • Educational Administration and Supervision
  • Educational Sociology
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development
Community
School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
Recommended Citation
Hines, Laurie (2007). Return of the Thought Police?. Education Next 7(2) 58-65. Retrieved from https://oaks.kent.edu/article/return-thought-police
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