How Extraverted, Open, Agreeable, Conscientious, and Neurotic Are Prospective Early Childhood Pedagogues? A Comparison with the German Socio-Economic Panel

Autor/inn/en	Smidt, Wilfried; Roux, Susanna
Titel	How Extraverted, Open, Agreeable, Conscientious, and Neurotic Are Prospective Early Childhood Pedagogues? A Comparison with the German Socio-Economic Panel
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 185 (2015) 5, S.766-778 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2014.957691
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Personality Traits; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Extraversion Introversion; Neurosis; Teacher Evaluation; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Gender Differences; Vocational Education; Hypothesis Testing; Self Concept; Self Concept Measures; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Neurose; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Selbstkonzept; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Deutschland
Abstract	Against the background of theories and research, it is crucial to gather in-depth information about the Big Five personality traits of pedagogues as well as prospective pedagogues. Such information can be attained by comparing them with a cross section of the population. However, there is a research gap concerning the Big Five of early childhood pedagogues. Therefore, this study investigated differences between the Big Five of prospective early childhood pedagogues (N?=?1014) and a subsample from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (N?=?1014). Both female and male pedagogues were expected to rate themselves as more extraverted, open, and agreeable than their SOEP counterparts. Results revealed higher openness and agreeableness in the early childhood pedagogue sample, but there were no differences in extraversion. With regard to practical implications, different strategies for dealing with personality traits in vocational training and occupation are discussed. Future research should extend the focus to employed pedagogues. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01