For a number of years the University of Essex has run Myers-Briggs sessions for general staff as part of its varied programme of Professional Development. However owing to recent growth in the number of courses aimed specifically at academic staff the Learning and Teaching Unit has started to run 'purpose built' Myers-Briggs sessions for teachers. After running three of these sessions during the 2005-06 academic year the experience of Essex - as an institution - has been extremely positive as evidenced by the immediate and long-term feedback of participating teaching staff.In the light of this the following guide offers a user perspective on the usefulness of Myers-Briggs to teacher educators including: a general introduction to the typology; consideration of some of the benefits of using it as reported by participating teachers; and an outline of the 'purpose built' session for use as a template by other institutions.
