A Study Concerning the Relationships among an Early Childhood Educator’s Type of MBTI Personal Tendencies, Creativity, and Teaching Efficacy

Jeong, MiYoung; Ahn, Hyo-Jin

doi:2012.50.3.25

J. Korean Home Econ. Assoc > Volume 50(3); 2012 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2012;50(3):25-34. doi: https://doi.org/10.6115/khea.2012.50.3.025

A Study Concerning the Relationships among an Early Childhood Educator’s Type of MBTI Personal Tendencies, Creativity, and Teaching Efficacy

MiYoung Jeong¹, Hyo-Jin Ahn²

¹Hyesung Kindergarten
²Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Incheon

Corresponding Author: Hyo-Jin Ahn ,Tel: +82-32-835-8664, Fax: +82-32-835-8660, Email: ahj0505@yahoo.com

Received: October 31, 2011; Revised: November 8, 2011 Accepted: January 20, 2012.

ABSTRACT

This study examined the relationship among early childhood educator’s MBTI personal tendencies, creativity, and teaching efficacy. 120 kindergarten teachers and 155 day care teachers participated in this study. Several survey questionnaires were used for this study, such as, teaching efficacy scale, MBTI personality tendencies, and a creativity test. The collected data was analyzed with the SPSS program(version 18.0). The findings of this study were as follows: First, there were some differences between an early childhood educator’s MBTI personal tendencies and creativity. Secondly, there was a positive correlation among early childhood educator’s MBTI personal tendencies, creativity, and teaching efficacy.

Keywords: MBTI personal tendencies, creativity, teaching efficacy