TEACHER'S PERSONALITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS' LEARNING
1 Institute of Education, University of Benin, Benin City
2 Institute of Education, University of Benin
* Corresponding author: florence.iyamu@uniben.edu
2 Institute of Education, University of Benin
* Corresponding author: florence.iyamu@uniben.edu
Abstract
This study examined the teacher's personality and its
psychological implication on primary school pupils'
learning in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
The purpose of the study was basically to help teachers
understand their different personality traits and how they
affect children's learning. To guide the study, four research
questions were raised and answered. The descriptive survey
research design was used. A simple random sampling
technique was used to gather one hundred teachers and fifty
pupils from four public and seven private schools in the
Area. The instrument used for the collection of data from
teachers was an adapted personality questionnaire while a
self-developed questionnaire was used for the pupils. The
validity of the instrument was ascertained by the three
experts, while the Cronbach Alpha was used to ascertain the
reliability of the instrument. The data collected were
analysed using mean, standard deviation, frequency count,
ranking and the independent sample t-test. The findings of
the data collected revealed that the personality of the
teacher plays a very important role in children's learning. It
was recommended that the Ministry of Education should
regularly organise symposia to offer training services to
teachers to shape their different dimensions of personality
and teachers should regularly engage in self-personality
evaluation and development processes to help them build a
good personality befitting for the teaching profession.
Keywords
Personality
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness.
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How to Cite
FLORENCE, I. I., & KENNEDY, I. (2024). TEACHER'S PERSONALITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS' LEARNING. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 15(1), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2024.h9o0rmqn
I. I. FLORENCE, and I. KENNEDY, "TEACHER'S PERSONALITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS' LEARNING," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 96-100, January 2024. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2024.h9o0rmqn
