Emotional Intelligence & Childhood Education

Social and emotional development begins by showing affection and becoming attached to parents or carers and becoming what we usually call ‘clingy’. Young children may become distressed when a parent leaves the room or is not in sight. Slightly older children may demand attention and use tantrums to get their own way. They will generally be easily distracted from unwanted behaviour.

If this stage is successful the child have the virtue of purpose. The fourth stage is industry vs. inferiority which happens in elementary school from the age 6 until puberty. During this stage, the child’s teacher and peers become the source of self-esteem. Children in this stage feel like they need to fit in and gain approval of those around them. They feel confident and gain a sense of pride when they are praised for their accomplishments. If this stage is successful they will gain the virtue of competence. If they feel they can’t do what is asked of them, are rejected by their peers, or their parents/teachers treat them insensitively, they will learn inferiority. Stage five is ego-identity vs. role-confusions which occurs during adolescence. Teenagers being to wonder who they are. This leads to them going through phases and rebelling to search for where they fit in and belong. They explore themselves, others, and roles. If they are unable to establish who they are, they’ll experience role-confusion and suffer an identity crisis. Success in this stage will lead to the virtue of fidelity, but failure means they feel they have no place in society. Stage six is intimacy vs. isolation, this

The main objectives of these studies are to find out the impact of emotional intelligence at the workplace, in learning institutions as well as in the social circles of human beings. The concept of emotional intelligence has been linked with self-confidence when it comes to learning. This is because according to recent studies emotional intelligence can be related to improving the self-esteem of learners. It’s not possible for an individual to be confident if they don’t recognize who they are, especially how to manage frustrations and temper (Elizabeth, 2002). The ability for an individual to remain calm even in challenging moments shows that they have high emotional stability and great

| During this stage the child begins to feel more secure and is able to cope with the different surroundings and unknown adults around them for a certain period of time, they become more willing with their teachers and love to help out in class and are sociable and friendly with

The child is learning form a young age to be sensitive to the beginning of others and to show some type of emotion when they have a problem. When a child is trained at such a young age about these things,

Children of pre-school age through to adolescence are at the stage were parents begin teaching them

Lewis (2013) explains the ability to control your emotions does not begin until a child nears the age of six (as cited in Berger, 2014, p. 276). The need to maintain control of feelings and emotions remains important throughout adulthood. It would not be normal for a 38-year-old lawyer to throw a temper tantrum in the courtroom because they did not win a case. Not everyone is great at controlling their emotions, but there is always room for improvement (Berger, 2014). A child is not born with this control, nor can one learn it on their own. Morris et al. (2007) discussed the importance of parents, teachers and other adults that may be in a child?s life to instruct and inform children of appropriate ways to manage their feelings for them to learn or develop over time (as cited in Berger, 2014, p. 276). It is the same aspect as manners. A child does not come out of the womb saying ?please? and ?thank you,? but must be taught to use such mannerisms. Eric Erikson explained that children believe they can achieve any goal just as long as they keep trying because their view of their abilities is not yet within reason (Berger, 2014). A child may see a fish breath underwater and believe they too can breathe while swimming

A child's emotions can effect the child's efforts to maintain their goals. A child who reaches their goal or overcomes an obstacle experiences happiness (Santrock, 1996). A teacher should consider a child's emotions as they are evaluating them. Teachers should provide a comfortable environment for the students so they are willing to try and achieve their goals with no criticism. "Life is the curriculum; adaptation is the major objective; development becomes the teaching process; and the child is the learner at the center of the process" (Allen & Marotz, 1998). Most young children find the early school years to be enjoyable (Allen & Marotz, 1998). It is up to teachers to make sure the enjoyment a child receives from school continues throughout their school experience. Teachers need to make learning fun by teaching topics that the children are interested in with a hands on approach. Children need to be able to communicate and get along well with others to do well in school although they may need some guidance from the teacher to do this.

Children at this stage explore beyond themselves. If exploration, projects and activities are effective -> learn to deal with people and things in constructive way and have strong sense

Firstly, the meaning of emotional regulation and Erik Erikson's theory of eight stages of development are depicted, with special emphasis on early childhood. This is done for the purpose of underlining the importance of regular emotional development as opposed to one impaired by abuse.

Emotional intelligence was described formally by (Salovey & Mayer). They defined it as ‘the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions’. They also provided an initial empirical demonstration of how an aspect of emotional

The author was given the task to explain emotional intelligence, and give two (2) example of the concept. Second, to examine, the concept of “emotional quotient” compared to traditional “intelligence quotient.” Third to suggest two to three (2-3) reasons why leaders’ need emotional intelligence to manage today’s workforce, as well as to speculate on at least two (2) possible consequences should a leader not possess emotional intelligence. Fourth, to explore the elements of emotional intelligence that leaders must be aware of to increase leadership effectiveness. Lastly, to recommend a strategy that the organization could undertake in order to improve the social skills of leaders within the organization and thereby

When parents and family members repeat the process of saying please and thank you around the house, they learn to know the true meaning of having manners. Children seeing the way others share items and feelings around each other is a big eye opener to them that allows the child to feel their own feelings. When children see that they do something wrong, the parent should always be there to ask them questions for example on what happened?, how this made them feel?, how they think the other person felt when they did the same thing back? Children than begin to think about their own actions might impact the emotions of those around them. When kids interact with one another they get to learn how to relate with eachother that will then help develop social problem-solving skills. Having many practice with peers help them a lot to solve and listen to each other that way they learn to compromise. Although, youngsters who have difficulty showing and or controlling their emotions are more likely to struggle with problems like depression and anger. This gives a child a lower self-esteem and will have a poor self image on themselves due to the fact that everyone around them is either always being negative, any type of bullying, being teased, made fun of, and when they distance themselves from anyone around them. During early childhood, children often start to develop self-conscious emotions around parents,

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     In the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, the central thesis that he tries to point out is that emotional intelligence may be more important than I.Q. in determining a person’s well being and success in life. At first I didn’t know what Goleman was talking about when he said emotional intelligence, but after reading the book I have to say that I agree completely with Goleman. One reason for my acceptance of Goleman's theory is that academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. To me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this essay I hope to provide sufficient evidence to show why I agree with Goleman’s thesis on emotional intelligence.