摘要：The present study aims to probe the multiple intelligence of prospective teachers. This study was carried out by survey method. The population for the investigation is the students studying Diploma in Teacher Education (D.T.Ed.) in teacher training institutes in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The investigator selected 400 prospective teachers by the simple random sampling technique. Multiple Intelligence Inventory was administered for collecting data which was developed by Walter L. Mckenzie, Jr. (2012) and downloaded from the website http://surfaquarium.com. The inventory contains 90 statements whose responses can be used to measure the individual's multiple intelligences. For analyzing the data percentile analysis, 't' test and ANOVA were used as the statistical techniques in the SPSS package. The findings show that (i) male and female prospective teachers significantly differ in their verbal-linguistic intelligence, (ii) first year and second year prospective teachers significantly differ in their musical-rhythmical intelligence, (iii) rural and urban prospective teachers did not differ in their multiple intelligences, and (iv) Age group of 18 to 22, 23 to 27, and 28 to 34 years were significantly differing in their musical-rhythmical, intrapersonal and naturalistic intelligences.
关键词：multiple intelligence; prospective teachers; D.T.Ed. students
