Do Future Teachers Choose Wisely? A Study of Pre-Service Teachers' Personality Preference Profiles

The No Child Left Behind Act requires that all teachers in core academic subjects to be "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-06 school year. New teacher leave the profession at an alarming rate--research indicates that 50% have left within five years of their first job. This article e...

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Published inCollege student journal Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 489 - 496
Main Authors Thornton, Bill, Peltier, Gary, Hill, Gus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Project Innovation, Inc 01.09.2005
Project Innovation Austin LLC
Subjects
Analysis
Beginning Teachers
No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Personality Traits
Preservice Teachers
Profiles
Psychological aspects
Statistical Analysis
Teacher Education
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Persistence
Teacher tenure
Teachers
Tenure
Undergraduate Students
United States
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Summary:The No Child Left Behind Act requires that all teachers in core academic subjects to be "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-06 school year. New teacher leave the profession at an alarming rate--research indicates that 50% have left within five years of their first job. This article explores the personality types of pre-service teachers and non-education majors. The authors suggest that more appropriate screening procedures should be used by teacher preparation programs. Personality types may relate to teacher success and length of service. This article features several studies of pre-service teachers' personality preference profiles.
ISSN:0146-3934
2691-3887