Teachers’ emotional intelligence — a vital component in the learning process Nina Barłożek

Abstract

Teachers’ role in education requires many various abilities. One of such fundamental capacities in the contemporary world is emotional intelligence. Emotional aspects in the teaching process influence overall student performance, which has been proved in many studies (Edannur, 2010; Nicolini, 2010; Brackett and Katulak, 2007; Kremenitzer, 2005, and others). Nevertheless, before educators commence handling students’ emotions, it is undisputable that their emotional life must be established so as to positively impact students’ academic performance. Educators ought to analyse their emotional skills first and only then proceed to expand students’ emotional literacy. The aim of the research is to examine the relationship between the English teachers’ level of emotional intelligence and the way they are assessed by their students. By means of the TIE 1.0 test on emotional intelligence and a questionnaire, the researcher was able to examine the issue in question. The results indicate that those teachers who demonstrate a higher level of emotional intelligence gain much higher scores in the questionnaires completed by the students in comparison to those of a low level of emotional intelligence.