Use of Multiple Intelligence-Based Instructional Approaches in Teaching and Learning Skills in Vocational and Technical Education

Abstract

Teachers in Vocational and Technical education should introduce effective and efficient use of Multiple Intelligence-Based Instructional Approaches in teaching and learning skills, which is a method of instruction that involves the use of nine intelligences which are enumerated clearly for sustainable and meaningful development. Such method could be employed by teachers as mines to the conventional methods of effective teaching and learning. To this regard education is considered to be the key of the global economy in the world community. Therefore, this paper examined the characteristics of each of the intelligences and the corresponding activity to be used by the teachers. However, the researchers also discussed the significance of the Multiple Intelligence Inventories to both teachers and students, its application to classroom situation and made recommendations.