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Teacher Development
An international journal of teachers' professional development
Volume 8, 2004 - Issue 1
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Teacher subject specialisms and their relationships to learning styles, psychological types and multiple intelligences: implications for course development

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Pages 9-28 | Published online: 13 Sep 2007
 

Abstract

This study explores issues in teacher education that increase our understanding of, and response to, the individual differences displayed by learners. A large undergraduate teacher education cohort provided evidence of the range and distribution of preferences in learning styles, psychological types and multiple intelligences. This information revealed that distributions of scores on the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Multiple Intelligences Checklist for Adults provide evidence about the scope and range of differences between four teacher subject specialisms. This rich information about those participating in teacher education courses provides some guidance for educating those with their own clear preferences to the range of different preferences expressed by many other learners and highlights the existence of four sets of major differences in approaches to teaching and learning in prospective teachers.

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