Teacher Strength and Sensitivity Behavior: Attitude Personality Correlates.
The present paper reports on a variety of teacher behaviors derived from a controlled teaching task. The subjects were applicants in a master’s level teacher training program. Thirteen rating scales consistently formed two reliable factors: Sensitivity to Learner and Strength of Teaching Performance. The Sensitivity to Learner factor details some behaviors important in assessing another person’s frame of reference. The second factor, Strength of Teaching Performance, is the ability to control and regulate a teaching situation. A Brunswickian “lens model” was used to organize the relationships of behavior dimensions to some teacher attitude and personality measures. Teacher attitudes showed stronger relationships to behavior than personality measures.