Abstract
This study was designed to investigate relationships between prospective teachers' Myers-Briggs' personality type and Rotter's feelings of locus of control and their attitude/anxiety about teaching as they progressed through their teacher preparation. A series of two-factor ANOVA's with repeated measurements on one factor revealed that as the teacher candidates progressed through their preparation program, anxiety decreased and attitude remained high and positive; that the introverted candidates expressed more anxiety and experienced less of a decrease in anxiety than the extroverts; that the candidates with a judging preference reported a more positive attitude about teaching than did their perceptive cohorts; and that the internally controlled candidates throughout their preparation generally reported less anxiety about teaching than did the candidates with average or high feelings of externality.
Recommended Citation
Pigge, Fred L. and Marso, Ronald N.
(1994)
"Relationships of Prospective Teachers' Personality Type and Locus of Control Orientation with Changes in Their Attitude and Anxiety about Teaching,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 7:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol7/iss2/2
