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A STUDY OF THE INTERVIEW IN THE SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR TEACHER TRAINING
Author(s) -
BURROUGHS G. E. R.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1958.tb01424.x
Subject(s) - psychology , big five personality traits , personality , selection (genetic algorithm) , maturity (psychological) , intellectual ability , social psychology , applied psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , developmental psychology , cognition , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
S ummary .1 Three groups of students applying for admission to a university education department for teacher training were interviewed. Interview ratings were made under a number of different headings by the interviewers. 2 These interview data, on analysis, indicated that three factors were operating: (a) a factor based on the observable features of the applicant; (b) a factor based on judgments of this intellectual maturity and his ability to express himself; (c) a factor based on a number of personality traits thought to be important in teaching. 3 Follow‐up data based on teaching marks indicated that the first two factors above were those which gave the best prediction of teaching ability. 4 The sizes of the follow‐up correlations suggested that the interview, provided that it was not expected to yield information beyond its powers, was as good a predictor of success at this level of education as most other measures.