Colin Beer is usually sharper than this, so while I agree that knowledge and skills (as he defines them) are not enough, I think we need some clarity regarding what he calls 'dispositions' (it's not that he's wrong so much as he's fuzzy). He writes, "Dispositions represent the values, tendencies, and attitudes, such as motivation, mindset, professional identity and agency, that dictate how a professional actually navigates the "swampy lowlands" of practice. In simple terms, dispositions are the habits of mind and heart that shape how we show up when work gets hard." Dispositions are best described as tendencies, which may result from habits, or which may be subconscious tics. They should be contrasted with attitudes, which are states of mind regarding such things as values and truth. Expertise (in, say, the Dreyfus sense) is a matter of disposition, while professionalism is a matter of attitude. It's certainly arguable that an education should (help) shape both, but they are very distinct things, and are approached very differently.
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