Emotional Intelligence -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Emotional Intelligence

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Timothy R. Pruitt, Jr.

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Date Posted: 20:48:08 02/03/08 Sun

Online posting #3 for 2/3/2008

As I read through chapter 4 I was particularly interested by the section on emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence, as I understand it, is the ability to perceive and express emotion.

This inability to express and understand emotions and feelings is often the fuel for conflict and confrontation at my school. In many cases I see students arguing merely because they do not know how to describe their feelings. When these conflicts are discussed and mediated, I often find that a lack of adequate communication was the key to the misunderstanding.

As part of a sex awareness course, the school has hired a woman to come to my class and talk to them about the dangers of premarital sexual activities. This class is designed to provide an open forum for discussion amongst the students and the facilitator. The trend I have notices so far is that many of my students show a willingness to express themselves to the group, but they could not accurately describe their emotions.

I know that there can be many reasons for this occurrence. Students of this age (14-17) are going through a time where their minds and their bodies are developing. Confusion about this process can lead to an inability to express their emotions. Some students have trouble articulating

I have come to believe that many students have trouble describing their feelings and emotions because we as educators are not asking them to express themselves freely. Emotional intelligence seems to be a learned ability but students that do not learn how to communicate their feelings grow into adults with the same problem.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Emotional Intelligence	Carmen Davis	18:38:22 02/06/08 Wed