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Personality types of Hong Kong kindergarten teachers: Implications for teacher education

  • Personality types of Hong Kong kindergarten teachers: Implications for teacher education
  • Australia
  • School of Education, Edith Cowan University
  • 2013
    • Hong Kong
    • 1997.7 onwards
    • Pre-Primary Education
  • While an individual's personality is related to his or her well-being, little research has examined kindergarten teachers' personality. This research was the first to investigate Hong Kong kindergarten teachers' personality types using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Three hundred and seventy-one kindergarten teachers voluntarily responded to the MBTI. Findings showed that Hong Kong kindergarten teachers were predominantly of the sensing-feeling-judging personality types, characterised by being realistic, conventional, and considerate to others' feelings. In addition, principals and head teachers in kindergartens tended to be extroverted. Results also suggested a very low percentage of intuitive kindergarten teachers, indicating that teachers' personality types might be field-bound. Implications of these findings in relation to teacher education are discussed.
    [Copyright of Australian Journal of Teacher Education is the property of School of Education, Edith Cowan University. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
    http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/]
    • English
  • Journal Articles
    • 03135373
    • 1835517X
  • https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/a75f3622
  • 2014-05-29

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