Author(s): Viktória KÖVECSESNÉ G. – Anikó MAKKOS – Anikó BENYÁK – Attila MÉSZÁROS

Title: OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF TRAINEE TEACHERS - EXPERIENCES OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Source: A. Németh - Y. Orsovics - A. Csehiová - A. Tóth-Bakos (eds.): 12th International Conference of J. Selye University. Pedagogical Sections. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-373-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3730.2020.283

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2020, 283-292

Published on-line: 2020

Language: en

Abstract: Emotional intelligence plays a very important role in successful everyday life, at school and at work. Some literature also emphasizes that it is essential for effective education to be done by educators with high EQ, so they can control their emotions, are emotionally balanced, contented and capable of happiness, thereby provide their students with an attractive pattern to follow. In our experience more and more young adults entering teacher education need their self-knowledge, emotional intelligence and life-skills to be developed effectively for adult life and future career, which also supports the development of their pedagogical competencies. In our accelerated, busy lives and in the everyday lives of Generation Z on social media sites there is a growing need to improve verbal communication skills and empathy and for collaborative problem solving. Our trainee teachers as future educators will play a central role in supporting their students and parents and affectionately guiding their classes, where their personality will be of greatest importance. The study presents a new curriculum development that focuses on developing students' emotional intelligence within a semester university course. The elaborated curriculum is an initial phase of action research. Based on the experience of the first semester, in the next semester, we will measure some areas of students' emotional intelligence at the beginning and end of the course, examining the effectiveness of the course.

Keywords: emotional intelligence development, digital generation, collaboration, empathy

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