Developing Dispositions for Lifelong Learning

First, I will define three dispositions that effective instructors activate across the curriculum. Then, I will provide compelling examples of how to foreground those strategies. How do we foster these attitudes within our particular content areas? Finally, we will offer opportunities for our colleagues to consider their own applications. How can you enhance the development of these critical traits in your classrooms?

Dr. James Carlovsky graduated from Martin Luther College in 2002 with an elementary and secondary degree in Math. He is married to Kathryn Knickelbein, and they are blessed with five children, aged 12-21. He completed his Ph.D. in Math Education from the University of Minnesota in 2019, where his study was particularly interested in moments of student thinking in the classroom. He gained teaching experience as a principal and upper-grade teacher at St. John's, Sparta, to serving as the Curriculum Coordinator, math instructor, and coach at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School in Jackson, WI. He currently serves at MLC as a Professor of Mathematics and Instructional Technology, as well as the chairman of the Math/Science Division and the Masters of Science in Education Division.