العلاقة بين بعض السمات الشخصية و أنماط الإدارة الصفية لدى الطلبة المعلمين في تخصصي التربية الرياضية و العلوم بجامعة السلطان قابوس

Abstract EN

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between (NEO-FFI-S) Five Factors and types of classroom management among physical education and science student teachers' at College of Education/SQU.

To achieve the aim of study, two research instruments were used; (NEO--FFI-S)Five Factors Inventory and a questionnaire to identify the types of classroom management.

The first instrument Five Factors Inventory and a questionnaire to identify the types of classroom management.

The first instrument (NEO-FFI-S) Five Factors Inventory was standardized by Muna Al-Kalbani (2006) to Omani environment and it consisted of (60) statements.

The second instrument was a questionnaire to identify types of classroom management and it consisted of (36) statements.

The sample of the study consisted of (70) student teachers from physical education and science majors at College of Education/Sultan Qaboos University in the year2009/2010.

The findings revealed that the order of (NEO-FFI-S) Five Factors among study sample was Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Neuroticism.

The order of types of classroom management was as follow : democratic type, authoritative (dictatorial) type and chaotic type.

In addition, the results showed no significant differences in the types of classroom managements due to gender, specialization and the interaction between gender and specialization.

Finally, it revealed that there was a weak correlation between (NEO-FFI-S) Five Factors and some types of classroom management.

In the light of above results, the study recommended to promote democratic classroom management type in various educational courses and more researches are needed to investigate the effect of personal characteristics on different teaching variables.