Open AccessA Study Of Multiple Intelligences And Higher Education Faculty In The United States
Author(s) -
Stefanie Denise Wilson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v4i7.1560
Subject(s) - intrapersonal communication , theory of multiple intelligences , interpersonal communication , psychology , ethnic group , sample (material) , emotional intelligence , pedagogy , interpersonal relationship , mathematics education , medical education , social psychology , sociology , medicine , chemistry , chromatography , anthropology
This quantitative research study discovered and identified the degree of relationships between the domains of multiple intelligences: (a) interpersonal, (b) intrapersonal, and (c) linguistic intelligences, and (d) leadership and demographic characteristics such as, (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity among higher education faculty. Using a survey instrument, primary data was collected from a sample of 205 faculty members within the United States. Furthermore, the researcher examined and analyzed certain aspects of the field of leadership, and the impact Gardner’s multiple intelligences may or may not have on leadership selection, training and development based on the results obtained. This paper provides a summary of the study and its results along with possible implications and recommendations for administrators, managers and leaders in academia.