Shepherd University

Department of Education
Undergraduate

Teacher Education Program

Dawne Raines Burke, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
FYEX/EDUC 150 WVDOE/CAEP/Digital Tools/PRO5Disposition

COMPLETE this digitally transmitted graphically organized table by doing the following:
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DEFINE each disposition concept with minimally two (2) complete sentences.
PROVIDE a first person example for how YOU will demonstrate this concept to education faculty in this department.
UNDERLINE the first person subject & companion action verb in each example for the instructor.
COPY/PASTE URL address locations for each of your entries, as you see in the example below.
ADJUST column width as necessary to accommodate information requested for this assignment.

DISPOSITION
Self-efficacy

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Initiative

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Intellectual
curiosity

DEMONSTRATION

Self-efficacy, as defined by Dr. Albert

Bandura who also coined the term,
refers to an individuals belief in his/her
capacity to execute behaviors
necessary to produce specific
performance attainments. It reflects
confident control over ones thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors.

I will act confidently,

respectfully, and
thoughtfully controlled
in my classes to
maximize my success
in courses and this
education program.

http://www.apa.org/pi/aids/resources/education/selfefficacy.aspx

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Integrity

DEFINITION

An introductory act or step; leading act.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/i
nitiative
Integrity is a personal quality of fairness
that we all aspire to.

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/i
ntegrity
Intellectual curiosity is a term used to
describe one's desire to invest time and
energy into learning more about a
person, place, thing or concept.
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I will be responsible
and always be
responsible for putting
myself in the correct
learning environment.

I will stay honest in the

classroom and never
break the trust with
my professors over
academic integrity.

I will use my
intellectual curiosity to
spark my interest in
the classroom and

keep my on task.
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Adaptability

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Time &
goal
management

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Leadership

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Ethical DecisionMaking

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Cultural
Responsiveness

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Resilience

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Collaboration

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www.lifescript.com/wellbeing/articles/i/intellectual_curiosity.
aspx
To adjust to a feature of a system or of a
process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptabili
ty
Keeping track of ones progress while
working to achieve a certain goal in a
set time frame.

I will adapt to many

different learning
environments.

I will set specific goals

for myself and
maintain solid tracking
on my progress.

Jacob Lees mind.

Leadership is the art of getting someone I will take leadership of
else to do something you want done
my own actions and
because he wants to do it.
success in the
classroom.
Dwight Eisenhower.
Ethical decision-making refers to the
I will make good,
process of evaluating and choosing
fundamental decisions
among alternatives in a manner
throughout my four
consistent with ethical principles.
years on campus, all
contributing to my
success as a shepherd
student.
blink.ucsd.edu/.../ethics/process.html
Culturally responsive teaching
I will use the cultural
recognizes the importance of including
part of peoples history
students' cultural references in all
to contribute to them
aspects of learning, enriching classroom and I learning more.
experiences and keeping students
engaged.
http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/be
ing-culturally-responsive
The ability to handle and be able to
I will use my resilience
work through certain situations and
to push through
non-ideal situations.
downed days and
strive on for success.
http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/resilience
The action of working with someone to
I will work hand and
produce or create something.
hand with anyone my
professors ask me too,
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and work the best I

physically can.
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Working in teams 1
2
& Independently
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Clear & Effective

Communication

1
3

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Problem Solving

1
4

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Critical Thinking

1
5

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Self-Awareness

1
6

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Self-control

1
7

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Applied
Knowledge

1
8

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/collab
oration
Being able to work efficiently and
Working as hard, and
effectively both with others and in
effectively as possible
solitaire.
whether I am in a
group or by myself.
Jacob Lees mind
The ability to communicate well with
I will communicate well
others while handling situations
with my professors and
involving needed communication.
my fellow colleagues.
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/articl
e/newCS_85.htm
Problem solving consists of using
I will use many
generic or ad hoc methods, in an
different techniques in
orderly manner, for finding solutions
order to solve issues
to problems.
among class.
http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/proble
m-solving.html
The objective analysis and evaluation of Critical thinking will be
an issue in order to form a judgment.
important for me to
make sure I analyze all
parts of coursework I
will come across.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/de
fining-critical-thinking/766
Self-awareness is the capacity for
I will maintain focus
introspection and the ability to
within the classroom to
recognize oneself as an individual
ensure I get the most
separate from the environment and
out of my college
other individuals.
experience as I can.
http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/sel
f-awareness.htm
Self-control, an aspect of
I will always be patient
inhibitory control, is the ability
and contain my
to control one's emotions and behavior temptation to get
in the face of temptations and impulses. worked up over
something.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/basic
s/self-control
Applied knowledge is learning that is
I will gather applied
used in various situations and contexts. knowledge through
staying on task and
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focused in the
classroom.
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Social
Responsibility

1
9

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Personal
Responsibility

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2
0

https://www.esc.edu/suny-real/globallearning-qualificationsframework/learning-domains/appliedknowledge/
Social responsibility is an ethical
framework which suggests that an
entity, be it an organization or
individual, has an obligation to act for
the benefit of society at large
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/so
cialresponsibility.asp
Personal responsibility is the
willingness to both accept the
importance of standards that society
establishes for individual behavior and
to make strenuous personal efforts to
live by those standards.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/articl
es/2009/07/09-responsibility-haskins

I will be socially
responsible in the
classroom benefiting
my outcome from the
course.

I will responsibility for

my own actions in the
classroom and be
responsible for my
success.