Emotional Intelligence in Teacher Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of related studies. 3. Design of the study. 4. Results and discussion. 5. Findings, implications and suggestions. Bibliography. Index.

"Emotional Intelligence is an ability to express, manage, and control emotions of self and others. Teaching is an emotional practice which involves emotional relationships, emotional understanding and emotional labour. Teachers have to value emotional bonds with students and educate students as emotional and social beings. It requires high level of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence of teachers can be affected by their personality, academic anxiety and teaching motivation. This book is based on intensive doctoral research work. It provides an insight about how teaching motivation, academic anxiety and personality factors-- sober vs. happy-go-lucky, expedient vs. conscientious, tough-minded vs. tender-minded, trusting vs. suspicious, placed vs. apprehensive, group-dependent vs. self-sufficient, undisciplined self-conflict vs. controlled and relaxed vs. tense can influence the development of emotional intelligence among student-teachers." (jacket)