Comparative Study on the Personality Patterns of 'Good Teacher' and 'Bad Teacher' as Perceived by College Students

摘要

The purpose of this study is to answer the question: Is personality pattern of "good teacher" quite different from the one of "bad teacher"? The study deals with the personality pattern of "bad teacher" and "good teacher". The subject investigated was 526 teachers from a local university; the sample is 204 of them, which is divided into two parts, "bad teacher" and "good teacher". Eysenck Personality Questionnaire for Adult (EPQ) was used in the study. It was shown that personality pattern of "good teacher" is not quite different from the one of "bad teacher" in the aspect of extroversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and dissimulation. There aren't statistic significant differences between the personality pattern of "bad teacher" and "good teacher".