Kim, Lisa orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-2396, Dar-Nimrod, Ilan and MacCann, Carolyn (2018) Teacher personality and teacher effectiveness in secondary school: Personality predicts teacher support and student self-efficacy but not academic achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology. pp. 309-323. ISSN 0022-0663
Abstract
Students' educational outcomes are predicted by their noncognitive characteristics, including Big Five personality domains. Although theories of teaching and learning suggest that teacher noncognitive characteristics also impact student outcomes, such characteristics are rarely studied systematically. We propose that the Big Five personality domains of teachers are associated with teacher effectiveness. Furthermore, we test two potential moderators of these relationships: (1) source of teacher personality report (student reports may show stronger effects than teacher self-reports) and (2) frame of reference (contextualized "at school" personality items for teacher self-reports may show stronger effects than noncontextualized standard personality items). Multilevel regressions were conducted on the data collected from secondary school students (N = 2,082) and their mathematics and English teachers (N = 75). We statistically controlled for student and teacher gender, student previous academic achievement, and student personality. Teacher personality predicted the subjective measures of teacher effectiveness- the strongest predictors were conscientiousness for teacher academic support, agreeableness for teacher personal support, and neuroticism for student performance self-efficacy. Teacher personality did not predict the objective measure (student academic achievement). These effects were moderated by source of personality report but not by frame of reference. The possibility of including personality as part of the initial teacher trainee selection procedure in the future is briefly discussed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 American Psychological Association. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Big five,Performance self-efficacy,Teacher noncognitive characteristics,Teacher personality,Teacher support |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2018 16:10 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000217 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/edu0000217 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126004 |