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Emotional Intelligence: Key to Enhancing Academic Learning
Samar BouzeineddineIn-Service Teacher Training Program
Haigazian University
How do you describe your feelings when you started your profession journey? How do you describe your feelings today? Why?
What Is Emotional Intelligence?
It refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships.
Emotional Intelligence Competencies
Self -control
Empathy
Relationships
Personal
Motivation
Self- awareness
How do IQ and EQ compare with each other?
Although there is a slight correlation between IQ and some aspects of EQ, they are independent entities. IQ and EQ are not opposing competencies, but they complement each other.
Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life.
According to Daniel Goleman, IQ contributes about 20% to the factors that determine life success.
IQ / EQ Cognitive Intelligence Cognitive intelligence
refers to the ability to concentrate and plan, to organize material, to solve problems, to use words and to understand, assimilate and interpret facts.
Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is
the set of socio-emotional skills that enable the intellect to turn into action and accomplishment.
EQ versus IQ
What is the impact of Emotional Intelligence?
Academic learning Improvement in behaviour (leading to inclusion) Health Relationships
Skills & Activities1. Self-awareness
Recognizing our own emotions
Understanding the causes and impact of our feelings and actions on us and on others
Recognizing our strengths and weaknesses
Being responsible Building on our self-
image
Investigate self-image Expand emotional
vocabulary Validate feelings Determine the causes and
effects of their emotions Model self-awareness
What How
Skills & Activities2. Personal Motivation
Goal orientation Achievement drive initiative Optimism
Goal setting Delaying gratification Making choices Encouraging positive
self-belief
What How
Skills & Activities3. Self-control
Managing disruptive emotions and impulses
Delaying gratification Choosing appropriate
responses based on understanding the situations and or the circumstances we are in
Self-control and applying appropriate expressions for our emotions
Expressing anger without fighting : anger management
Identify the angry feelings Validate feelings through
open discussion Investigate triggers for angry
emotions Share strategies for anger
management used by the learners
Investigate novel anger-management strategies
Model anger management Involve parents
What How
Skills & Activities4. Empathy
Recognizing feelings in self and others
Taking the perspective of others
Listening carefully to others
Appreciating diversity
Focus on learners themselves
Create a community of learners
Practice imagining/ perceiving another’s perspective
Exposure to emotionally arousing stimuli
Model empathetic
What How
Skills & Activities5. Relationships
Effective communication Cooperative learning Assertiveness Conflict resolution
Provide opportunities for communicating with each other as a group
Allow group roles Allow opportunities to
develop the skills of assertiveness
Use problem-based scenario regularly
What How
How Does Emotional Intelligence Enhance Academic Learning ?
7 Strategies: ELEVATE
ELEVATE 1) Environment for learning
2) Language of emotions
3) Establishing relationships
4) Validating feelings
5) Active engagement
6) Thinking skills
7) Empower through feedback
Environment for Learning: Create a safe and positive learning environment
Establish a set of class rules Create a community of learners Nurture their self-belief through positive
affirmation Have high expectation Use praise effectively Understand the importance of humor Use mistakes as a springboard for learning
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Language of Emotions: Build on the language of emotions
Set times or opportunities to talk about the feelings in the classroom
Create a class list of ‘feeling words’ Use Circle Time routinely to determine the
feelings in the classroom (Verbal Check-in)
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Establishing Relationships: Caring relationships strengthen learning
Getting to know the learners and developing authentic relationships with them
Enabling learners to know about each other Modelling caring relationship
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Validating Feelings: Validating learner’s feelings eases
tension within Accept the learner’s feelings Verbal forms of acceptance Non-verbal forms of acceptance
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Active Engagement:Encourage active engagement
Learning must engage the senses Be flexible in the organization of the learning
activities Role of questions in active engagement Role of problem-based learning
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Thinking Skills: Integrate higher-order thinking skills into
learning Five thinking skills:
1. Information-processing skills
2. Enquiry skills
3. Creative-thinking skills
4. Creative-thinking and reasoning skills
5. Evaluative skills
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Empower through Feedback:Give useful and timely feedback
Pointers for feedback Peer-review Self-assessment
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Are You an Emotionally Intelligent Teacher?
Why emotional intelligence is important for teachers:› I felt emotional intelligence in me when………..› I have felt emotional stress when……………………
How did you feel in both situations. Can anyone volunteer to share their experiences of positive and negative classroom situations.
An Emotionally Intelligent teacher is: . Optimistic
. A good listener
. Demonstrates commitment
. Validates other’s feelings
. Emotionally resilient
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