Kassaye, Woube (PhD)Lemma, Ayele2018-07-172023-11-052018-07-172023-11-052009-07http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8927The purpose of the study was to explore teachers' awareness, attitude and their practices towards multiple intelligences (MI) in education. The data were collected from Dembi government primary school from the principal, teachers and students via semi-structured interviews, and observation and analyzed using qualitative method of analysis. Relevant recordings about school setting were also analyzed The participants for interview were selected purposely based on their willingness, professional competence and responsibilities. Thirteen participants i.e. the school principal, eight teachers and four students from grades 5-8 each from specified grades were interviewed The result revealed that teachers' awareness towards MI in education was varied but confined to limited markers of Ml The study confirmed that teachers have good understanding of children's diverse strengths/aptitudes in relation to education mainly in terms of analytic (linguistic and logical/mathematical), interpersonal, kinesthetic, and visual/spatial but showed reservation about their awareness of, Musical and Naturalist intelligences. Moreover, teachers have desirable attitude towards and implementing MI in education. On other hand, teachers' practices to approach a subject matter from MI perspectives were very low and efforts to provide opportunities where learners participate according to their aptitudes/ strengths were ignored The findings indicate that students usually confined in classrooms to acquire information or facts of subject mailer verbally and the learning experiences did not accommodate the diverse students. Consequently, for instance students who were not attentive to the verbal transmission of subject mailer and found practicing other things were discouraged both by teachers and students. Possible allempts have been made to identifY those factors for teachers' failure in practicing MI in education. These were absence of training, giving due attention to coverage of the course and lack of understanding on MI in education. Finally, possible solutions were proposed to improve the observed problems and to enhance the awareness of teachersenEducationThesis