This paper discusses that, instead of teaching under the traditional intelligence model, educators must take a more complex view of the process by which children learn and teach emotional and social skills.
The paper presents an extensive review of the literature on emotional and social intelligence theories, assessment and application. This paper stresses that all the problems of why children fail, despite demonstrating good intelligence, can be resolved if the emphasis is placed on educating the whole child.
Table of Contents
Theories of Emotional Intelligence
Learning Inhibitors
Personal Social and Health Education: PSHE
Future Directions
Table of Contents
Theories of Emotional Intelligence
Learning Inhibitors
Personal Social and Health Education: PSHE
Future Directions
“Poor communication skills put children at risk of overall poor relationships with their peers which lead to more and more social and emotional problems, which in turn are likely to lead to intellectual problems. These, of course, in their turn, will make it more and more difficult for the child to acquire needed communication skills. As Lawrence (1988) argues, this is a cycle that must be, for the sake of the affected child, interrupted as quickly as possible.”