Intended Audience: Educators, Teacher Researchers
Key Points: The article I found discussed a German study for how teachers relate to their students better when they have similar personalities. The similar personalities can influence a bias in the classroom.
Relevance: I found this interesting because of what we have been discussing in Critical Perspectives and Inquiry. That a bias goes beyond race, culture, and religious perspectives, but anything that can connect people together. How can our commonalities influence a classroom dynamic? How do we avoid designing classrooms that are more catered to one than another?
URL: http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2015/02/teachers_favor_students_with_similar_personalities_says_study.html
Here is the link to the study from Educational Psychology Journal:
Personality similarity between teachers and their students influences teacher judgement of student achievement
