Personality and learning: An investigation into students’ personality development as an outcome of the Lebanese education system

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the Big Five personality traits of students attending the Public secondary schools of Mount-Lebanon and the Suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon and to shed light on the most important outcome of the Lebanese education system: student’s personality development. The study is conducted using a quantitative questionnaire about the Big Five personality traits, that are (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness), which is asked for a random sample of 500 students. The most noteworthy findings were: the ratio of the students’ personality traits of Conscientiousness and Extraversion are more dominant as compared to the remaining three Big Five personality traits; the Conscientiousness personality trait is the most dominant, whereas Neuroticism is the least dominant personality trait; and there was a significant difference between male and female students in two big personality traits (Conscientiousness and Agreeableness).