The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Early Stages

You might have heard or read about the term Emotional Intelligence. In this article, we will discuss key factors to fully understand how it applies to those who work with young children. The emotional intelligence begins to develop in the early stages of their childhood with a small exchange of emotions with their teachers and parents. We need to build a supportive and understanding classroom culture. As stated “Emotional Intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions to assist thought, to understand the emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth.”

Our brains are engineered for survival. To do this communication with other human beings is essential. The communication is the key elements which enabled humans to survive for this long.To make a classroom more socialized, the feelings of individual students is valued and cared by their class fellows as well as their teachers. If we want our kids to become more resilient, we must strengthen our bond with the school environment (Amstrong, 2008). The main reason for the kids to leave their school is due to little or no sense of such socialized bond, so it is mandatory for teachers to build caring relationships within classrooms which will help to build the emotional and social development of the children.

The Psychological Happenings in Brans of Emotional Students

We actively involve our self when we interact with others. The left lobe of the brain becomes stimulated as we have a positive social interaction with anyone as a result of confident and successful communication. When we become sad or face a distressed feeling, our frontal lobe of right side of the brain is actively involved. The social interaction can be nourishing or toxic, but the relationships will affects the emotional state of a child as well. The studies show that the teacher shows more positive and warm regards towards the kids of 1^st to 5^th grade with a nurturing classroom environment which helps the students to perform better and make them more socialized. You might be one of the best teachers, but if a student takes you uncaring, the achievement of students won’t be as high as it could go.  

Components of Emotional Intelligence:

There are 5 key components of Emotional Intelligence.

·         Self-awareness

·         Self-Regulation

·         Motivation

·         Empathy

·         Social Skills

1.    Self-awareness

It is the ability of a person to understand the emotions or mood and recognize how it will affect others. The self-awareness includes a realistic self-assessment to assess your weaknesses and strengths with a healthy self-confidence.  This will not help them to regulate their state their emotional state but also enable them to control it.

2.    Self-Regulation

It is the ability of a person to think before reacting which enables them to manage or regulate their internal states. This will increase the ability of personnel to control their emotions, and they become highly adaptable to change the ideas to ones that they are comfortable with. An individual, a maintain level of integrity and honesty. Moreover, they accept the responsibilities of their actions and performance.

3.    Motivation

It is the ability of a person to become motivated by internal goals and continue to bring internal improvements to meet standards. They are committed to their work and towards their goals. They can initiate and ready to act on the opportunity available. They have the ability to remain optimistic and learn from their mistakes or failure.

4.    Empathy

It is the ability of a person to understand the emotions and needs of others. They take an active part towards their concerns and ability to understand and sense their emotional state. They also take part in the development of others by being more supportive and recognize and anticipate the needs of the others. They cultivate more opportunities for diversity and have more political awareness by studying the relationships and their emotional states.

5.    Social Skills

It is a crucial element to build and manage relationships. The excellent communications skills are essential, including listening, collaborating and cooperation with strong team building skills. Leadership, persuasiveness, in initiating and maintaining the change are the social factors not only to be established in the classrooms but in your workplace as well.