Teachers’ perception about genes and behavior

ANTONELLI-PONTI, Mayra; VERSUTI, Fabiana Maris; DA SILVA, José Aparecido

doi:10.1590/1982-02752018000400009

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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY • Estud. psicol. 35 (04) • Oct-Dec 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02752018000400009 copy

Teachers’ perception about genes and behavior

Percepção docente sobre genes e comportamentos

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Abstract

Knowing about teacher perceptions contributes to the understanding of teachers’ attitudes toward the behavior of their students. We evaluated the perceptions of 501 teachers about the genetic and environmental influences on behaviors considered relevant to the educational environment using an original questionnaire from the United Kingdom, adapted to the Portuguese language of Brazil. We found that the teachers attributed genetic and environmental influences evenly regarding personality and learning difficulties; greater genetic influence on intelligence and mental illness; and greater environmental influence on behavioral problems. Most teachers stated that having a student with genetically influenced learning difficulties would affect their method of instructing them.

Keywords
Educational environment; Behavior; Genes; Social perception; School teachers

	Only genes 1	Genes > environment 2	Genes = environment 3	Genes < environment 4	Only environment 5	Mean	SD
Personality Intelligence	01.20%	19.70%	40.60%	38.20%	0.40%	3.17	0.79
Personality Intelligence	08.20%	43.60%	31.70%	15.70%	0.80%	2.57	0.88
Learning difficulties	02.60%	33.90%	35.10%	27.40%	1.00%	2.9	0.87
Behavioral problems	00.60%	09.30%	28.40%	58.10%	3.60%	3.55	0.73
Mental disorders	38.40%	47.90%	11.50%	02.00%	0.20%	1.78	0.74
Total	10.20%	30.88%	29.45%	28.27%	1.20%	2.79

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[1] Article based on the master’s thesis of M. ANTONELLI-PONTI, entitled “Teachers’ perceptions about genetic and environmental infl uence on relevant behaviors in the educational process”. Universidade de São Paulo, 2016.