Early educational experiences are critical for forming habits that lead to a lifetime of successful learning. Yet children, like adults, have preferred ways of learning.
It is important for both teachers and parents to understand the ways in which a child learns best. A student's educational experience can be negative, or worse, especially in the case of being inappropriately labeled as having special needs or a learning disability.*
Because psychological type is expressly about gathering and processing information (the core elements of learning), understanding the different personality types of children provides a proven method for effectively reaching all students.
The Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children® (MMTIC®) assessment, first published in 1987 and administered to many thousands of children since that time, is the definitive tool for measuring psychological type in young people.
Results from the MMTIC assessment helps each child to learn more about their strengths and stretches, the differences they might have with friends, teachers and parents: important information that contributes to better self-management and understanding of the personality type differences of others.
A wide variety of support materials have been developed to support the implementation of type understanding in the classroom and beyond. From the theoretical book People Types and Tiger Stripes to the comprehensive "how to" book of Great Minds Don’t Think Alike, teachers will find abundant resources on this website to present type concepts to students of all ages.
Classrooms where psychological type differences are understood provide more inclusive learning environments, allowing for diversity and the development of healthy relationships.
It's a simple process to incorporate type knowledge into the classroom:
- Assessing type is easy, time efficient, and affordable
- Educational objectives and curricula remain unchanged, but methods of instruction are expanded to accommodate different types
- Type can be easily integrated into core subject classes, as well as study skills, leadership, or health and development classes
- The four type dichotomies can be introduced and practiced one at a time to simplify understanding and adoption
- CAPT offers MMTIC training courses for teachers and professionals seeking deeper knowledge
* Researchers have suggested that some psychological types are more likely to be misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD than others. Understanding type may prevent potentially unnecessary treatments and satisfy requirements of the R.T.I. (Response to Intervention) movement, designed to help students succeed BEFORE a referral for learning disabilities is initiated.
