Personality, resilience, self-regulation and cognitive ability relevant to teacher selection

Abstract

The current study uses social judgment theory to inform the design of processes to be used in selecting teachers for training programs. Developing a comprehensive selection process to identify individuals who are likely to succeed as teachers is a mechanism for improving teacher quality and raising the profile of the profession. The design of such a process requires the identification of qualities of effective teaching that can be assessed at selection, and their relative importance. Six psychological constructs are identified from previous literature that are likely to differentiate between teaching candidates - Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Resilience, Self- Regulation an..