Journal Articles
Personality types of Hong Kong kindergarten teachers: Implications for teacher education
- Personality types of Hong Kong kindergarten teachers: Implications for teacher education
- Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(2), 91-101, 2013
- Australia
- School of Education, Edith Cowan University
- 2013
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- 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/]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 03135373
- 1835517X
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/a75f3622
- 2014-05-29
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