“Teacher Dispositions: What Kind of Candidates Do We Have in a Teacher Preparation Program, and How Can We Make Them Better?” from the Wk 1 University Library Activities
Teacher Education Handbook items:
Conceptual Framework (click on Conceptual Framework)
Supplemental Standards for Candidates in P–12 College of Education Programs (click on Professional Expectations and then Supplemental Standards)
Reflect on your own proficiency within the following areas:
Professional teacher dispositions
Communication skills
Collaboration skills
Write a 1-page reflection that addresses the following questions:
Which area do you feel most proficient in, and why? Which area do you feel least proficient in, and why?
What will you do to address any deficiencies you feel you have?
What resources are available to help you grow, such as professional organizations, online tools, and others?
Part 2: Communication and Collaboration Guide
Create a 2-page guide for beginning teachers that addresses professional communication and collaboration in education.
Include examples and descriptions for each of the following in relation to teaching in your guide:
Written communication strategies
Oral communication strategies
Communication resources
School-based collaborations
Grade-level team
Child study team
Professional learning community
Individual collaborations (e.g., teacher and colleague, teacher and family, teacher and student)
Collaboration strategies
Conflict management strategies
Conflict management is a talent that many people avoid using, despite the fact that it is one of the most important in today’s workplace. In both personal and professional settings, confrontation is naturally uncomfortable for most people, but understanding how to handle disagreements efficiently in a productive, healthy way is crucial – especially at work. This is especially valid if you hold a position of leadership. Being able to resolve disagreements as they emerge is in your best interest as well as the best interest of your team. Leadership requires developing conflict-resolution techniques. Conflict resolution is a skill that is best developed over years of experience and practice, but
la argues after a war, it is the responsibility of the leader to judge what to do with the enemy (Begby et al (2006b), Page 332).. Again, proportionality is emphasised. For example, the Versailles treaty imposed after the First World War is questionably too harsh, as it was not all Germany’s fault for the war. This is supported by Frowe, who expresses two views in jus post bellum: Minimalism and Maximalism, which are very differing views. Minimalists suggest a more lenient approach while maximalist, supporting the above example, provides a harsher approach, punishing the enemy both economically and politically (Frowe (2010), Page 208). At the last instance, however, the aim of war is to establish peace security, so whatever needs to be done can be morally justified, if it follows the rules of jus ad bellum.
In conclusion, just war theory is very contestable and can argue in different ways. However, the establishment of a just peace is crucial, making all war type situation to have different ways of approaching (Frowe (2010), Page 227). Nevertheless, the just war theory comprises of jus ad bellum, jus in bello and jus post bellum, and it can be either morally controversial or justifiable depending on the proportionality of the circumstance. Therefore, there cannot be one definitive theory of the just war but only a theoretical guide to show how wars should be fought, showing normativity in its account, which answers the question to what a just war theory is.