The study of the role of the pedagogy of partnership (PoP) in building the professional competence of future primary school teachers is relevant in the context of modern educational and pedagogical transformations, which require the preparation of teachers for new challenges and creating a favourable learning environment. Therefore, the aim of our…

This study investigated the effects of personality and cognitive style preferences on preferred teaching styles. Preservice teachers completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Educational Cognitive Style Inventory, and the Learning Styles Inventory. Personality types, especially thinking/feeling, significantly predicted the importance of…

This study investigates the success of preservice elementary social studies teachers in acquiring effective questioning skills using a self-instructional Competency-Based Teacher Education (CBTE) module and tests the possible relationship between a teacher personality variable and a measure of their questioning ability. The subjects were divided…

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator was completed by 82 preservice agricultural education teachers. All 16 types were reflected; the most common were Extrovert Sensing Thinking Judging (23%), Introvert Sensing Thinking Judging (18%), and Extrovert Sensing Feeling Judging (13%). (SK)

Sample of 25 preservice agriculture teachers completed Group Embedded Figures Test and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), revealing that 11 were field dependent, 14 field independent; females tended to be more field independent; they preferred learner-centered approach to teaching; and on MBTI, 60 percent were Extroverted, 76 percent Sensing, 56…

The Myers-Briggs Type Inventory personality profiles were examined for 645 Nebraska undergraduates in vocational teacher education programs. A high prevalence (58 percent) of Sensing-Judging types was found. In content areas, the second largest percentage of marketing students were Intuitive-Thinking; health occupations, home economics, and…

According to the Myers Briggs Type Inventory completed by 18 preservice agricultural teachers at Montana State University and 25 at Ohio State University, they tended to be field independent, the females more so than national norms. Both groups preferred learner-centered instruction. Many field-independent women tended to exhibit field-dependent…

Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in placing students with seminar leaders in an undergraduate childhood education course was investigated. Eight null hypotheses were tested individually for six areas of student perception: perception of self-in-general; self-as-teacher; self-related-to-others; others; the Childhood Education Program;…

Examined the effect of matching learners' cognitive styles with science learning activities on changes in science knowledge and attitudes. Fifty-six elementary education majors, identified as Sensing Feeling types on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, participated in the study. Results revealed no significant differences between matched and…

This study identified the personality types of students in an early teaching experience program who either continued or discontinued teacher preparation, and of 886 students who completed their program as a function of certification area. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator data indicated that the sensing-feeling-judging profile described significant…

Upon entrance and completion of teacher preparation, 150 prospective teachers completed attitude, anxiety, and personality measures. As candidates progressed through teacher preparation, anxiety decreased and attitude remained high and positive. Introverted candidates expressed more anxiety and experienced a smaller decrease in anxiety than…

Administered a Teaching Activity Preference (TAP) questionnaire to ascertain how well teaching preferences fit personality type as determined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Describes teaching preferences of a sample of preservice foreign language teachers. Findings and pedagogical implications for teachers are discussed. (Author/VWL)

Students come to teacher preparation programs with well-formed, influential cognitive constructs about teaching; they come with a variety of constructs; and these constructs can be identified and accessed. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) appears to be a way to access the constructs students hold. Subjects were 52 beginning teacher education…

The personality types of 89 students majoring in marketing education were determined using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and compared to 649 high school teachers, 344 marketing education teachers, 83 marketing personnel, and 1,750 sales personnel. The students were more extraverted and sensing than the teachers and not significantly different…

This study explores issues in teacher education that increase our understanding of, and response to, the individual differences displayed by learners. A large undergraduate teacher education cohort provided evidence of the range and distribution of preferences in learning styles, psychological types and multiple intelligences. This information…