A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER EDUCATORS

Dr. Alaka Das

Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER EDUCATORS

Dr. Alaka Das

Abstract :

Teaching is a complex process that involves teachers, pupils and subject matter in dynamic interaction. In order to perform this role effectively a teacher must be intelligent in using his emotion and satisfied with the profession. Since teacher�s personality, behaviour, interest, communication skills, attitude and emotion effect the students behavioural pattern, a teacher should understand his own emotions and attributes of pupils in the teaching learning process. In this paper an attempt has been made to study about the level of Emotional Intelligence of the 70 selected teacher educators and the relationship between emotional intelligence and teacher effectiveness. Data were collected using �Teacher Effectiveness Scale� and �Emotional Intelligence Scale� and analysed using t� test. From the findings, it has been concluded that, there exists significant relationship between emotional intelligence and teacher effectiveness of the teacher educators.