Intergeneration Gap between Teachers and Students as Related to Values, Personality and Gender Differences

Abstract

In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the intergeneration\ gaps among the' that’d' three educational generations of older teachers, younger teachers and students of different educational institutions in relation to values and personality variables. The study was developed on the basis of four theoretical frameworks of ( 1) conceptual and theoretical approaches to the study of intergeneration gaps, (2) instrumental and terminal value approaches, (3) theoretical approaches to three dimensions of personality (internal-external control, authoritarianism and dogmatism) and (4) role behavior and gender differences. All these approaches have been utilized in order to investigate the patterns of relationships among the three educational generations, namely, older teachers, younger teachers and students regarding values and personality. The objectives of the present study were to find out whether the three educational generations would differ significantly regarding: (1) Rokeach’s Instrumental and Terminal values, (2) Personality dimensions of internal-external control, authoritarianism and dogmatism, and (3) Whether there would be sex differences among the three generation groups on values and personality. (1) The older teachers would differ significantly from younger teachers and students on instrumental and terminal values. (2) The older teachers would differ significantly from younger teachers and from students on the personality dimensions of I-E control, authoritarianism and dogmatism. (3) The male and female Ss from three educational generations would differ significantly on the two variables, namely, values and personality. The samples consisting of 180 subjects from three educational generations, namely, older teachers (age levels between 41 and 60 years.), younger teachers (age levels between 30 and 40 years) and students (age levels between 18 and 28 years) were randomly selected from different colleges and Rajshahi University. Half of the respondents were males and the other half were females. Values and three personality dimensions of Ss were measured with the help of (1) Rokeach's value inventory, (2) Kool's Authoritarianism personality and (3) Hasan's Dogmatism, and ( 4) Rotter's I-E control of personality. Analysjs of data has been divided into three parts. In the first part, intergenerational group differences on two types of values like instrumental and terminal values have been computed by univariate method using t-tests. In the second part, intergenerational differences on personality variables of internal-external control, authoritarianism, and dogmatism have been computed by w1ivariate method using t-tests. In the third part, sex differences among the three generation groups on values (Instrumental and terminal) and personality variables (internal-external. control, authoritarianism and dogmatism) have been computed by univariate method using t-tests. …………………………………