The Relationship between Teachers’ Personality Traits and Teachers’ Efficacy of the Elementary Schools in Taoyuan County

• Main Authors: Chialing Lin, 林佳伶
• Other Authors: Shuhui Zhang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k62k6d

碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 96 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ personality traits and teachers’ efficacy of the elementary schools in Taoyuan county. The methodology was questionnaire survey. There were 480 teachers sampled from 40 schools. The valid return rate was 92% and 439 teachers participated in the present study. The instruments were the “Chinese Personality Adjective Rating Scale” and the “Teacher Efficacy Questionnaire”. Data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, product-moment correlation, canonical correlation and multiple regression. The major findings of the present study were the following：: 1. The elementary school teachers in Taoyuan county have positive personality traits and efficacy. 2. There were significant differences in the personality traits in terms of teachers’ gender, educational background, seniority, position and school size on personality traits. 3. There were significant differences in the dimensions of efficiency such as “situational flexiability”, “learning guide” and “instructional practice” in terms of teachers' educational background. 4. There were moderate positive correlations between teachers’ personality traits and teachers’ efficacy. 5. The teachers’ personality traits can significantly predict the teachers’ efficacy.