Myers-Briggs Personality Types? How do they matter to our learning advisor role?
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https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2025.1/003Keywords:
Myers-Briggs personality types, learning advisor role, type-talk in education, cultural factors in education, personal life circumstances in education, different information processing styles in educationAbstract
This article came about from a conference presentation following a personal experience of the difficulty in communication posed by different Myers-Briggs personality types and the author’s further exploration of their implications in the Tertiary Learning Advisor (TLA) role. Personality types are innately of who learners and TLAs are, thus requiring mindful education as another aspect of the whole person in our TLA work. The article is an exploration of the effect of personality types, further, the cultural factors of both learners and TLAs, as well as learners’ personal life circumstances that may pose difficulties in TLA work and students’ learning. The article further provides insights and solutions to support TLAs to be mindful and accommodating to the different types in themselves and their students to make their work more effective and less stressful for both students and TLAs.
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