Browsing by Subject "introversio"

The main goal of this bachelor's thesis is to find out how a student's introversion appears in school context. Introversion is a personality trait which is a result of an interaction between an environment and a temperament. A psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jung mentioned the concept “introversion" in 1920s. Also, Briggs and Briggs Myers' (1944) and Eysenck's (1976) theories of introversion were used in this thesis. The energy of an introvert tends to go inward. Introverts reflect and think a lot about their own mind. Unfamiliar people and long meetings are overwhelming and exhausting for introverts which is why they tend to favour peace and quiet. In Finland, there has not been much research about the connection between introversion and school. The purpose of this thesis is also to increase awareness about introversion. The method used in this bachelor's thesis was an integrative literature review which allows to examine and describe the phenomenon diversely. This thesis' material consisted of 17 international researches and a book in which introversion's connection with school was studied. The material was collected systematically and manually from various international databases. The material-based content analysis was used in this study to analyse the material The results of this study indicate that introversion did appear in school in various ways. Introversion had a connection with academic achievement. Introverts benefited from teaching in which students receive information from a teacher. The results indicate that introverts needed a peaceful learning environment. Music and other background noises had a negative effect on introverts' performance. Teachers can take introverts' needs into account by creating an appropriate learning environment and lessons for introverts.