Individual Learners: Personality Differences in Education

ISBN-13: 9780415133296 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 244 str.

Professor W. Ray Crozier; Ray Crozier W.

Opis

This text reviews and discusses recent research that shows that differences in personality contribute significantly to children's and adults' experiences of success and failure in education. It provides an account of the recent research into the links between personality and education and its implications for educational practice.

Spis treści

Part I Describing and explaining individual differences; Chapter 1 The reality of personality; Chapter 2 The origins of personality; Part II Five personality; Chapter 3 Aggressiveness; Chapter 4 Anxiety; Chapter 5 Motivation; Chapter 6 Self-confidence; Chapter 7 Shyness;

O autorze

W. Ray Crozier is Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Education, University of Wales, Cardiff. His previous publications include the edited collection Shyness and Embarrassment: Perspectives from Social Psychology (1990) and Manufactured Pleasures (1994).