Preservice and Inservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Appropriateness of Teacher Self-Disclosure

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Nov. 10, 2009

“This article was published in Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol 25 number 8, Authors: Shaoan Zhang, Qingmin Shi, Stephen Tonelson and Jack Robinson, "Preservice and Inservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Appropriateness of Teacher Self-Disclosure", Pages 1117-1124, Copyright Elsevier (November 2009)”.

This study investigated preservice and inservice teachers' perceptions of appropriateness of teacher self-disclosure.

A sample of 180 preservice teachers and 135 preK-12 teachers participated in the study.

Results showed statistically significant differences between the groups of teachers in their perceptions of appropriateness of teacher self-disclosure in the three dimensions: Uncommon Topics, Uncommon Purposes, and Consideration of Students. No significant differences were found in the two dimensions: Common Topics and Common Purposes.

This study makes an excellent contribution to the theoretical framework of the study of teacher self-disclosure and also provides implications for teaching and teacher education.

Updated: Jan. 12, 2010
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