Emotional intelligence

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW1

Defining emotional intelligence2

Importance of understanding social art domain4

Teachers' practices related to social art domain6

Goleman's Competencies Framework of Emotional Intelligence9

Other theories14

Dimension of the social art domain16

Managing emotions and handling relationships17

The implications for students achievement18

The implications for teachers practices for student achievement20

Criticism of Emotional Intelligence22

REFERENCES25

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

This literature review is seeking to illustrate the body of knowledge, practical choices decisions and outcomes of how teachers perceive 6th graders who are identified as having high emotional intelligence of the social art domain test scores as being able to manage the emotions of others in a low performing school. Emotional development has been of interest to researchers throughout the 20th century. Emotional intelligence is considered as a new and growing concept related to behavior investigation which is gaining attention. It has grown popular because of media attention (Stys, Brown, 2004, p. 45). There is tone of suspicion in this quote as these authors' critical eye explore whether or not emotional intelligence is indeed a science or a myth, a science that can be validated by outside measurements and existing research or a myth that allows many to feel better about themselves, their children and their colleagues.

This research consists of various scholars viewpoints will be an important part of the study and the use of the emotional quotient instrument will be included in the research (Vakola, Tsausis, Nikolaou, 2004). This study is important because it helps in examining emotional intelligence and social art domain. The importance of emotional intelligence is increasing with time. Managing emotions for social contexts are important as they help in improving interpersonal and career related activities. The research that present by various scholars is extensive, balanced, and fair. Research on emotional intelligence in reference to social art domain is scarce (Boyatzis, McKee, 2005, p. 56).

Defining emotional intelligence

The chapter discusses research and theory related to the ways emotional intelligence is defined. Stein (2009) defined emotional intelligence as the capability to read situations and connect with them for tuning in the world and taking charge of it (p. 23). In essence, to understand emotional intelligence is not only associated with the detailed psychological theories but rather how to apply the psychology to everyday experiences. It is pivotal to know how your emotions affect “your ability to understand or learn to deal with a new situation” (Stein, 2009, p. 45). Emotional intelligence depicts correct expressions and appraisal and the emotions which regulates living in peace (Mayer, DiPaolo, and Salovey 1990, p. 43).

Several key psychologists have pioneered research on emotional intelligence since the 1980's. As Weisinger (1998) themselves point out, it was they who published the original work on emotional ability in the scientific literature. It began with learning about how the influence of EI affects rational thought. They focused on the identification, use, understanding and management of emotions (Salovey, Brackett, Mayer, 2004, p. 67). Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to use emotions as a tool which guides to develop interpersonal effectiveness in social environment ...