People Types and Tiger Stripes: Using Psychological Type to Help Students Discover Their Unique Potential - Softcover

Gordon D. Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935652876 ISBN 13: 9780935652871

Publisher: Myers & Briggs Foundation, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

People's behavior often seems randomly varied but according to Carl G. Jung, behavior actually follows patterns. Jung called these patterns, psychological types, and he wrote extensively about these types. Isabel Briggs Myers brought Jung s concepts into the mainstream through development of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument which helps a person figure out his or her psychological type. People Types & Tiger Stripes has rightfully earned its best-selling status as being an outstanding book about type and how it works in everyday life, especially in the world of teaching. The newly released and redesigned fourth edition marks the 30th anniversary of this pioneering work. This book includes two essays by Isabel Myers and provides a detailed explanation of the theory and practice of using type in the education process. Filled with understandable charts, practical exercises, and helpful explanations, People Types & Tiger Stripes is a wonderful resource for anyone who is interested in the learning process and designing curricula that capitalizes on knowledge of type preferences, for both students and teachers.

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About the Author

Gordon Lawrence, Ph.D., has been developing practical uses of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument since the early 1970s. He helped organize the first-ever conference of MBTI users in 1975 and helped to found the Association for Psychological Type four years later. When the first edition of People Types and Tiger Stripes appeared in 1979, it was the first book about uses of the MBTI instrument other than the MBTI Manual. Through workshops and teaching he has introduced the MBTI instrument and psychological type concepts to thousands of people. In addition to many articles about type, he has written Descriptions of the Sixteen Types (CAPT 1995) and Looking at Type and Learning Styles (CAPT1997). He coauthored with Charles Martin, Ph.D., Building People, Building Programs: A Practitioner s Guide for Introducing the MBTI to Individuals and Organizations (CAPT 2001). Dr. Lawrence was the third president of the Association for Psychological Type (APT), and he directed the development of the APT MBTI training program to qualify people to purchase and use the MBTI instrument. He used the MBTI assessment extensively in research, teaching, and consulting during the twenty years that he was professor of instructional leadership at the University of Florida. He has served on the board of directors of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type in Gainesville, Florida, since its founding in 1975 by Isabel Myers, the developer of the MBTI instrument, and Mary McCaulley, Ph.D. Now retired from university work, Dr. Lawrence continue to write and consult mostly about applications of psychological type.

Review

This 30th anniversary edition of People Types celebrates not only its remarkable longevity but also its fresh relevance for using type in an educational setting. It continues to be the best source of foundational knowledge in this increasingly critical area of type application. --Naomi Quenk, author of Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment, and co-author of MBTI Manual

People Types & Tiger Stripes is the gold standard of books about psychological type. It should be required reading for anyone serious about applying type concepts. Gordon Lawrence is that rare combination of bona fide thought leader in the field psychological type and an accomplished communicator. He explains clearly, provides plenty of real life examples and applications, and inspires readers. --Paul D. Tieger, author of Do What You Are and Nurture by Nature

These pages will help you gain insights into the biases in our educational system that put many students at risk. Through clear explanations, relevant stories and practical tools, this book will help you understand how to motivate yourself, your colleagues, and your students and how to reach every child. --Jane A. G. Kise, author of Differentiated School Leadership and Differentiation through Personality Types

Edition details

• Publisher: Myers & Briggs Foundation, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0935652876
• ISBN 13: 9780935652871
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Eleanor Sommer