Educational issues, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53577/oot.8.2.4
The Relationship Between Multiple Intelligences and Students' Career Interests and Preferences
Gabriel Pinkas
orcid.org/0009-0004-1321-4910
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tuzla
*
Selma Teparić
orcid.org/0009-0003-9251-6927
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tuzla
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
In school practice in the Tuzla Canton, the tools used in the final phase of career orientation are Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Self-Assessment Checklist and Holland's Career Interests and Preferences Questionnaire. Based on these self-assessments, students receive recommendations for secondary school selection and future career choices. These recommendations are derived from a qualitative comparison of the results obtained from the two instruments, without consideration of their statistical correlation.
Therefore, this research aimed to examine the relationship between multiple intelligences and students' career interests and preferences, as well as to determine how to optimise the parallel use of the two instruments. Correlational research was conducted on a convenient sample of 124 ninth-grade students. Data were collected using the Multiple Intelligences Self-Assessment Checklist (Gardner, 1983) and the Assessment of Career Interests and Preferences (Holland, 1973). In addition to descriptive statistics, multiple correlation and regression coefficients were calculated.
The obtained results indicate that, on average, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence are the most developed types of intelligence among students, while their career interests and preferences are most strongly represented in the investigative and social fields. The correlation between individual types of intelligence is strongest with success in performing activities. The second strongest correlation is with career interests, while the weakest correlation is with desired occupations. In three of the six career fields, this latter correlation is statistically insignificant. These results suggest that, when making recommendations for secondary school selection and future career choices, the greatest emphasis should be placed on the results obtained on the activity scale, in order to ensure better conditions for further educational and professional success.
Keywords
1. student career orientation; 2. multiple intelligences; 3. career interests and preferences.
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Publication date:
23.12.2025.
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