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