Teacher personality and classroom climate
TEACHER PERSONALITY AND CLASSROOM CLIMATE
HERBERT J. WALBERG
Harvard University’
Intuitively, one feels that the teacher’s personality and attitudes influence the
climate of the classroom. But recent reviews of the literature on teacher personality
(Getzels & Jackson, 1963) and social interaction in the classroom (Withal1 & Lewis,
1963) conclude that studies relating these factors are inconclusive, unreplicated, and
conflicting. The present st
