This book highlights current knowledge, best practices, new
opportunities, and difficult challenges associated with promoting
emotional intelligence (EI) and social-emotional learning (SEL) in
educational settings. The volume provides analyses of contemporary EI
theories and measurement tools, common principles and barriers in
effective EI and SEL programming, typical and atypical developmental
considerations, and higher-level institutional and policy implications.
It also addresses common critiques of the relevance of EI and discusses
the need for greater awareness of sociocultural contexts in assessing
and nurturing EI skills. Chapters provide examples of effective EI and
SEL programs in pre-school, secondary school, and university contexts,
and explore innovative applications of EI such as bullying prevention
and athletic training. In addition, chapters explore the implications of
EI in postsecondary, professional, and occupational settings, with
topics ranging from college success and youth career readiness to EI
training for future educators and organizational leaders.
Topics featured in this book include:
- Ability and trait EI and their role in coping with stress, academic
attainment, sports performance, and career readiness.
- Implications of preschoolers' emotional competence for future success
in the classroom.
- Understanding EI in individuals with exceptionalities.
- Applications of school-based EI and SEL programs in North America and
Europe.
- Policy recommendations for social-emotional development in schools,
colleges and universities.
- Developing emotional, social, and cognitive competencies in managers
during an MBA program.
- Emotional intelligence training for teachers.
- Cross-cultural perspective on EI and emotions.
Emotional Intelligence in Education is a must-have resource for
researchers, professionals, and policymakers as well as graduate
students across such disciplines as child and school psychology, social
work, and education policy.
Chapter 2 of this book is available open access under a Creative Commons
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