Principal's perceptions of the intuitive teacher

Administrators often refer to "intuitiveness" in teacher evaluations. What is meant by intuitiveness? What is an "intuitive" teacher? Are the principals' perceptions consistent among themselves and with thte literature? Can they identify an intuitive teacher? This study undertook to define intuition and an intuitive teacher based on the literature, then to determine whether administrators could describe and select an intuitive teacher. The measure used was the Knowledge Accessing Modes Inventory (1988). The results call in to question the use of the word "intuitive" to describe teachers. Behaviour and personal characteristics are confused with intuition as a thinking style. Therefore, "intuitiveness" should not be used in teacher evaluations. The study also challenges tests that include personality traits and observable behaviours as indicators of thinking style.

Grantor dc:publisher

Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2000

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Authors dc:creator

• Mayne, Lise Guyanne
• University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education

Advisor dc:contributor.supervisor

• Campbell, Cathy

• Intuition
• Teacher-principal relationships
• Teachers -- Alberta -- Evaluation
• Dissertations, Academic

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Identifier

hdl:10133/109

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