Opinions of visual arts teachers on multiple intelligence theory (Elazig province example)

In this thesis, the relationship between visual arts education and multiple intelligence theory has been tried to be examined by using qualitative and quantitative research methods. The research consists of five parts. In the first section, the introduction; The problem situation, that is, whether the teachers have knowledge about MCM and its usability, as the aim of the research, the opinions of visual arts teachers according to their gender, age, seniority year, education level, faculty graduated, teaching level and their knowledge about the theory, If the usability is increased, its importance in terms of success, assumptions and limitations of the research are mentioned. In the definitions section, definitions of art, art education and CZC are made. In the second part, within the scope of theoretical information and research, art, art education and multiple intelligence theory are mentioned. In the third chapter, it is stated that qualitative and quantitative research methods are used as a method. A predetermined CZC attitude scale was used to examine the visual arts teachers' attitudes towards Multiple intelligence theory practices. Necessary permissions were obtained for the application of the scale, and in line with the answers given by 103 teachers who teach in schools affiliated to Elazig MEM, in the data analysis part, it was determined that the data showed normal nonparametric distribution with the SPSS24 program, and MWU and KWH tests were used. According to the findings and results of the study; While there are no significant differences according to the variables of gender, age, type of faculty, years of service and education level of visual arts teachers, it is seen that the level of knowledge of CZK creates a significant difference. It was determined that teachers' attitudes towards CZK were quite high at a positive level. However, it was concluded that the visual arts teachers' knowledge and application levels about CZC were also low. Keywords: Art, art education, theory of multiple intelligences, level of MTL attitude