چکیده (انگلیسی):

The authors implemented an action research project to help teacher education candidates to reflect
upon, assess, and ultimately strengthen teacher candidate dispositions through the Reflective
Dispositional Coaching Model. The teacher education faculty agreed that candidate dispositions
should address four areas: (a) professionalism, (b) commitment to lifelong learning, (c) reflective
and critical thinker, and (d) commitment to diversity. Coaching the candidates through the
reflective practitioner model not only allowed the candidates to operationally define and assess their
dispositions, but also assisted them in a plan for empowerment and professional growth