THE PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH VARIOUS FACTORS WITHIN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the multiple intelligences of teachers of basic education schools and their relationship to some variables in the Sultanate of Oman and to identify the differences according to the variables of gender،experience and educational qualification. The study sample consisted of (200) male and female teachers. The researcher used the descriptive method، where the researcher applied a questionnaire as a data collection tool consisting of (66) items distributed in eight axes: linguistic intelligence, personal intelligence, logical mathematical intelligence, social intelligence، spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, natural intelligence, motor physical intelligence. To answer the study questions، the researcher used the analysis of arithmetic averages and standard deviations. The results of the study showed that the most prevalent types of intelligence among teachers of basic education schools were in descending order (spatial intelligence, social intelligence, natural intelligence, logical intelligence, physical intelligence، linguistic intelligence، musical intelligence). The results of the study also showed that the most prevalent types of multiple intelligences among (male) teachers of basic education schools. It came in descending order (natural intelligence, spatial intelligence, linguistic intelligence، personal intelligence, logical mathematical intelligence, motor musical intelligence, social intelligence، motor physical intelligence), and the results of the study also showed that the most prevalent types of multiple intelligence prevalent among (female) teachers of basic education schools were in descending order (spatial intelligence, personal intelligence، social intelligence, motor physical intelligence, logical intelligence، linguistic intelligence، natural intelligence، kinetic musical intelligence). The results of the study also showed that there