Study of the Appropriate and Inappropriate Methods of Visual Arts Education in the Primary Schools According to the Types of Multiple Intelligences

Abstract

In the current changing world, named the era of knowledge explosion, specialists and those involved in education have been attracted finding a response to a question: what should we teach today’s students that to be useful for them in the future life? The main objective of this study is to investigate the appropriate and inappropriate methods of visual arts education in pre-school. According to the types of multiple intelligences, reaching to this goal requires careful planning, proper training and proper content selection along with talent and interests of learners along with the use of appropriate practice training and educational staff training. The research handles descriptive and analytic methods as well as academic literature. The results suggest the importance of understanding the multiple intelligences in the visual arts education.