Consistency of Personality Profiles with Teaching Career Environment at Specialist Teacher Education Institute Kuala Lumpur

AbstractThis descriptive study is aimed to look at the consistency of the trainee teachers personality with the teaching career environment using the Three-Point Holland Code (1985). Research samples consisted of 284 trainee teachers; 149 were from the Semester 7 Undergraduate Education Program (UEP) and 135 were from the Preparatory Undergraduate Education Program (PUEP), who were randomly picked. The research instrument used for data collection was the Self-Directed Search Inventory which was translated and adapted by Amla Salleh (2007). Data was analysed descriptively (frequency and percentage) using the microsoft excel 2010. Results showed that the trainee teachers personality profile for both programs are S, A, I, C, R, E (Social, Artistic, Investigative, Conventional, Realistic and Enterprising). Vocational interest patterns of the UEP trainee teachers showed 9.39% have a pattern most consistent with the teaching career personality code (SAE and SEA), 58.38% have a consistent pattern, 20.81% have a partial consistency, 6.71% have a less consistent pattern and 4.67% have inconsistent interest. For the PUEP teacher trainees, 3.70% showed a pattern most consistent, 40% have a consistent pattern, 38.52% have a partial consistent, 9.63% have a less consistent pattern, and 8.15% have a less consistent pattern and 8.15% have inconsistent interest with the teacher personality code based on the Three-Point Holland Code. Overall, the results showed that there is consistency between the pattern of personality with the career interest environment among the teacher trainees surveyed. Implications for teacher training and teacher trainees leadership towards increased profesionalism was also discussed