The Strategy of Developing the Emotional Intelligence of a Future Teacher: Focus on Effectiveness and Professional Skills

The need for the development of emotional intelligence is due to the increasing demands of society on the quality of training of future teachers, the specifics of professional and pedagogical communication and interaction. The problem of the research is related to the fact that despite the large number of scientific papers devoted to emotional intelligence, its development among teachers remains poorly understood and requires further research. The purpose of the article is to develop a strategy for the development of emotional intelligence among students of pedagogical universities. Methodologically, the research is based on subjective-activity and systemic approaches; the idea of the unity of cognitive and affective spheres of personality; domestic and foreign theories and concepts that highlight various approaches to understanding the essence of emotional intelligence, the structure and possibilities of its measurement and development. To achieve this goal, the following research methods were chosen: theoretical (theoretical and methodological analysis, synthesis, generalization of theoretical approaches to revealing the essence of emotional intelligence of a future teacher, comparison of psychological and pedagogical research, the real state of the problem under study in order to establish the level of its theoretical and practical solution); empirical (diagnosis, pedagogical experiment to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed strategy for developing the emotional intelligence of future teachers). The empirical base of the study was 140 students of the institutes of the V.I. Vernadsky KFU, bachelor’s degree level. The article presents a strategy for developing the emotional intelligence of future teachers, which includes motivational-value, cognitive and activity reflective stages and involves the creation of an emotionally colored educational environment, enriching the disciplines of the psychological and pedagogical cycle with topics related to the study of emotional intelligence. The optional discipline “Workshop on the development of emotional intelligence” has been developed and experimentally tested. The developed strategy can be implemented to improve the practice of training future teachers in order to develop their emotional intelligence.

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