Teaching Perspectives Inventory

From my TPI result above, I found it interesting to see that my apprenticeship perspective scores fall above the upper line labeled ‘Dominant’, and my transmission and nurturing perspective scores are ‘Back-up’ perspectives. Also, my developmental perspective scores fall below the lower line ‘Recessive’.

Above all, I was quite surprised to see that my developmental perspective are recessive. This is an unexpected result, because I try to think creatively and flexibly when I teach students by using a variety of resources for a better understanding. However, I already knew that my social reform perspective scores would be low since I rarely take risks in my learning. Nevertheless, I should teach students how to take and manage good risks by helping them explore the world around them to create a better society.

While my developmental and social reform perspective scores are low, my transmission, apprenticeship, and nurturing perspective scores are high. Of all, I was pleased to see my transmission perspective with high internal consistency. I think that as an educator, the transmission of knowledge and skills should be based, so the teacher can help students acquire knowledge. In addition to transmission, nurturing perspective is vital since the teacher should encourage and guide students to keep them safe. I expected my nurturing perspective scores would be the highest, because I believe as a future teacher, that it is important for the teacher to find students’ potentials/talents and be aware of their different contexts.