Teachers are from Heaven, Students are from Hell - True or False?

TL;DR

This paper explores how personality traits, as measured by MBTI, influence teaching and learning styles, emphasizing the importance of diversifying teaching strategies to accommodate individual differences.

Contribution

It provides insights into the personality traits of academics and students and discusses their impact on teaching-learning harmony and discord.

Findings

Personality traits affect teaching and learning compatibility.

Diverse teaching strategies are necessary to address student differences.

MBTI can inform better teaching approaches.

Abstract

Researchers have long tried to relate personality types to teaching and learning styles. It is believed that the psychological theory behind the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) can help university teachers to accept variety in teaching and learning approaches. This paper makes some assertions about the personality traits of academics and students. These traits can create harmony or discord for individual students, depending on whether their approach to learning matches the teachers approach to teaching. Although some teaching strategies can be useful for a whole class, differences among students make it necessary to diversify those strategies.