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A major emphasis throughout this book is that if we wish to understand child behaviour, we must consider not only children themselves but the various influences that are brought to bear upon them. Within the context of school, the most important of these is obviously the teacher. Research into teacher personality, and by this I mean the whole range of personal characteristics that may affect the way in which teachers go about their tasks, has not been as systematic as research into child characteristics, but nevertheless there are a number of valuable inferences that can be drawn.
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Additional reading
Bennett, S.N., Desforges, C.W., Cockburn, A, Wilkinson, B. (1984) The Quality of Pupil Learning Experiences. London: Erlbaum. Focuses on pupil response to leaming opportunities; a helpful and thoughtful book.
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Fontana, D. (1986) Teaching and Personality. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Contains a more extensive examination of teacher personality, together with an examination of all aspectr of personality development in children. (Also recommmded for Chapters 7 and 8.)
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Wragg, E.C. (Ed.) (1984) Classroom Teaching Skills. London: Croom Helm and New York: Nichols. A research-based investigation of the skills teachers actually need in the classroom.
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Fontana, D. (1995). Teacher personality, teacher characterastics, and teacher stress. In: Psychology for Teachers. Psychology for Professional Groups. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24139-2_14
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