The following question was posted on the POD listserv, ""I am interested in a tool to assess a person's "desire to teach." I am looking for a tool to give pharmacy preceptors to assess their desire to teach and precept students/residents."
The following response came from Rebecca Clemente, Department of Education, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, at North Central College, Naperville, IL.
In teacher education we interpret the "desire to teach" as having the appropriate dispositions to teach. In teacher education we are required to evaluate these and find ways to develop these in our students.
Here are some resources (in and out of teacher education) that may allow the faculty member to think through what is valued in your university's cultural context and specifically to teaching the pharmacy curriculum.
When we hire in teacher education part of the day is set aside so that the candidate teaches a lesson that can be observed by department faculty and students (we use a rubric to capture our impressions of this teaching).
Rebecca, then including the following links. I reviewed them and they are a great read. So see what you think and let me know your thoughts if you like.
Determining Dispositions to Teach: A Hiring Strategy
http://www.naesp.org/resources/2/Principal/2006/S-Op51.pdf
National Network for the Study of Educator Dispositions
http://coehs.nku.edu/educatordispositions/resources.php
Academics' Educational Beliefs and Teaching Practices
http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030228.152452/
Validating teaching competencies for faculty members in higher education: A national study using the Delphi method
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k63p61p545547527/
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