Abstract:
In recent years, one of the most notable concepts in teacher education has been
entrepreneurship. Research on entrepreneurship in teacher education is carried out
mostly in science education as a teaching field. Therefore, it can be said that the
variables affecting the entrepreneurial characteristics of prospective science teachers
should be determined. It is assumed that one of these variables is multiple
intelligence. The purpose of this research is to determine the predictability of multiple
intelligence areas on the entrepreneurial characteristics of prospective science
teachers. The research was designed according to the correlational survey model.
"Multiple Intelligence Fields for Educators" and "Entrepreneurship Scale for Teacher
Candidates" were used as data collection tools. The analysis of the data utilized a
stepwise multiple regression analysis. As a result of the research, it was determined
that the visual intelligence field is important predictor variable the entrepreneurial
characteristics of prospective science teachers, followed by logical intelligence,
kinesthetic intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, verbal intelligence and social
intelligence. However, the musical intelligence and naturalistic intelligence fields are
not a statistically significant predictor variable on the entrepreneurial characteristics
of the prospective science teachers. Empirical research can be conducted to examine
the effects of the visual intelligence based instructional processes on entrepreneurial
characteristics.
