Some General Effects of a Foundations of Education Course on Selected Personality Variables of Teacher Candidates

Abstract

Tliis study describes tlie effecls of systcviiatic trrcitmeiit, discussion, orid concrete exei~iplificutiori in cltrssroorti prncticc of selected concepts of Irriiiiari behavior on some persoiinlity vuriobles of tenclrer criiididates in a fouiidatioris of education course. Dnta were gntliererl by nieoiis of preriiid post-course tests using the Minnesota Teacher Attitude Iiiveritory (MTAI) nnd the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Stntistical nrinlysis of the data revenled cnrididntes (a) achieved significaiitly liiglier scores 011 post-course MTAI iiiecrnrres; ( b ) mode a significant mean moveinerit frorii jud,q~iir~itnl toivurd perceptive preferelices 011 the MBTI; (c) niade a significniif 1 i i e~1 1 nioi*eirieiit froin "Tliirikiri~" roivard "Fecliiif preferences on the MBTI; arid (d) f d e d to chciiigr sigiiificniitly on the Serisirig-liitiiitirrg arid Extroversioti -1iilro versiori SCCI Ies of th e M B TI.