scholarly journals Developing Emotionally Intelligent Teachers: A Panacea for Quality Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Gloria Matthews

Psychologist and Researchers have established that emotional intelligence influence students’ academic achievement, self-efficacy, emotional regulation and motivation. However, in most teachers training institutions in Nigeria there are no facilities and program put in place to teach emotional intelligence skill. A classroom comprise of students from various socio-economic background with different personalities, these students express positive and negative emotions such as happiness, anger, distress and excitement which could influence learning. In the light of this situation, it becomes imperative for teacher educators and administrators of teachers’ training collages to develop emotionally intelligent teachers who have the capacity to regulate their emotions accurately and understand the emotions of students in their various classrooms. This is necessary to assist students become emotionally stable and facilitates the teaching-learning process. Consequently, the paper seeks to examine the concept of emotional intelligence, concept of quality education, concept of teacher education, theories of emotional intelligence and the relevance of training emotionally intelligent teachers for quality teacher education. Finally, the paper recommend amongst others, the inclusion of emotional intelligence skill in the curriculum of teachers training institutions.

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Buchanan

AbstractSustainability education competes for curricular space, both in schools and in teacher education. Opportunities and barriers for the inclusion of sustainability education in an Australian university primary teacher education program are examined in this article. The study focused on the roles, practices and perceptions of teacher educators in promoting sustainability education. Three focus groups were conducted with members of faculty staff from each of the K–6 Key Learning Areas to gather data, which were analysed according to three frameworks: espoused/aspirational and actual practices of staff members; barriers to and affordances for teaching sustainability education; and the nature of initiatives, in terms of teaching/learning activities, assessment tasks, and resources. Beyond the Social Sciences, and Science and Technology, we found that inclusion of sustainability education is somewhat sporadic. The article proposes some ways forward to promote and abet sustainability education in a tertiary context.


Author(s):  
Estefanía Estévez ◽  
Teresa I. Jiménez

Abstract.VIOLENCE IN ADOLESCENTS AND EMOTIONAL REGULATIONAggression towards peers is a problem with an important presence in the secondary classrooms in most of the countries of the world, and that interferes notably in the process of teaching / learning and in the development of those involved, with consequences always negative for their wellbeing, psychological health and social relations. In the last decades, there has been a significant increase in the importance given to the management of emotion, in what has come to be called the affection revolution, a line of research that comes to emphasize that the presence of behavioral and psychopathological alterations is not so much related to excessive negative or positive emotion, but rather to the poor ability to regulate that emotion in a way that is healthy and facilitates adjustment to demands. In relation to aggression and victimization in children and adolescents, there are hardly any studies that analyze the role of emotional regulation in explaining these problems. In the present research we analyze the emotional regulation in adolescents involved in acts of school violence, both as aggressors and victims, taking as a model the theoretical approach that has the greatest theoretical and empirical solidity in relation to the regulation of emotions and, in particular, to the emotional intelligence, proposed by Mayer and Salovey in 1997. According to this model, emotional intelligence is the set of four abilities that we examine in the present work: 1) emotional perception: ability to perceive own and others’ emotions; 2) emotional assimilation: ability to generate, use and feel emotions to communicate feelings; 3) emotional understanding: ability to understand information of an emotional nature; and 4) emotional regulation: ability to be open to feelings, monitor and alter them in order to facilitate personal growth.Key words: adolescence, violence, victimization, school, emotional regulationResumen.La violencia entre iguales es un problema con una presencia importante en las aulas de secundaria en la mayor parte de los países del mundo, y que interfiere notablemente en el proceso deenseñanza/aprendizaje y en el desarrollo evolutivo de los implicados, con consecuencias siempre negativas para su bienestar, salud psicológica y relaciones sociales. En las últimas décadas, se ha producido un incremento importante en la importancia dada al manejo de la emoción, en lo que se ha venido a denominar la revolución del afecto, una línea de investigación que viene a destacar que la presencia de alteraciones conductuales y psicopatológicas no está tan relacionada con una excesiva emoción negativa o positiva, sino con la escasa habilidad para regular dicha emoción de manera que resulte saludable y facilite el ajuste a las demandas. En relación con la agresión y la victimización en niños y adolescentes, no existen apenas estudios que analicen el rol de la regulación emocional en la explicación de estos problemas. En la presente investigación analizamos la regulación emocional en adolescentes implicados en actos de violencia escolar, tanto como agresores como víctimas, tomando como modelo el enfoque teórico que mayor solidez teórica y empírica presenta en relación a la regulación de las emociones y, en particular, a la inteligencia emocional, propuesto por Mayer y Salovey en 1997. Según este modelo, la inteligencia emocional es el conjunto de cuatro habilidades que examinamos en el presente trabajo: 1) percepción emocional: habilidad de percibir emociones propias y de otros; 2) asimilación emocional: habilidad de generar, usar y sentir las emociones para comunicar sentimientos; 3) comprensión emocional: habilidad de entender información de tipo emocional; y 4) regulación emocional: habilidad de estar abierto a los sentimientos, vigilarlos y alterarlos con el objetivo de facilitar el crecimiento personal.Palabras clave: adolescencia, violencia, victimización, escuela, regulación emocional


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafarullah Sahito ◽  
Pertti Vaisanen

This study was conducted to explore the dimensions of quality education in teacher education departments at universities of Sindh province of Pakistan. The qualitative research approach was employed for data collection and then analysed through thematic-narrative analysis technique. The total eight dimensions of quality were found, as two were concerned with pre-sage, four as process and two as product dimensions, known as 3Ps. The findings of this article would be found reliable resource and an addition in to the existing literature of quality education to understand the phenomenon in existing organisational setting of teacher education departments and institutions in Sindh, Pakistan. The radical reforms for educational and economic development can be brought through better understanding of the phenomenon of the quality education, which support the teacher educators, students and the heads to maintain peace and prosperity for humanity in their respective societies through quality teaching-learning process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
André Moura ◽  
Amândio Graça ◽  
Paula Batista

Assessment can serve different purposes. In Spain there has been an increase of research in assessment processes that intends to enhance students’ learning. Attending to this scenario, this study intends to explore the understandings of four teachers from one Spanish university, known as one of the most active in developing formative and shared assessment processes, about i) the process of implementing formative and shared assessment processes and ii) the impact of these assessments on students and on the teaching-learning process. Four teachers were purposively selected to be interviewed, according to their availability, use of assessment to promote students’ learning, work in a teacher education programme and have more than 15 years of experience as teacher. Analysis of data collected from semi-structured individual interviews resulted in the following themes i) formative and shared assessment – advantages vs. disadvantages, ii) vision about teacher education programmes, iii) teachers’ changes throughout their career, iv) students’ participation in assessment, and v) negotiating the teaching-learning process with students. These teachers consider that formative and shared assessment can be laborious, but worth the effort, mainly in teacher education programmes, where the focus is not only on student-person, but also on future teacher-person.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-25
Author(s):  
Itbar Khan ◽  
◽  
Azhar Mahmood

Research has consistently shown that teachers’ epistemological beliefs have a significant impact on their teaching and teacher effectiveness in the teaching- learning process. This study investigated epistemological beliefs (EBs) of teacher educators in higher education institutions and teacher education institutes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The study aimed at identifying teacher-centered and learners’ centered EBs, examine the relationship of EBs and gender, find out the relationship of teachers’ qualification with the EBs of teacher education, and explore differences between the EBs of teacher educators of public universities and RITEs. Of the 212 teacher educators of the study population, the data were collected through stratified random sampling from 145 respondents. Epistemological beliefs questionnaire (EBQ) and a scale for demographics were used for gathering data from the research participants. Percentages, Mean, One way ANOVA and Pearson r was used for data analysis. Findings of the study show that a majority of the teacher educators believed that the structure of knowledge is simple, half of the teacher educators believed that knowledge is certain. Similarly, a majority of the teachers did not believe in authority as a source of knowledge and considered that the ability to learn is not innate. A majority of the respondents did not agree that learning is a quick process. There was no significant difference in the EBs of male and female teacher educators; there was no significant difference in the EBs of teachers from universities and RITES, except in the dimension of the stability of knowledge, wherein educators from RITEs have unsophisticated beliefs and there is no significant effect of experience on the epistemological beliefs of teacher educators.


2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Tayyaba Zarif ◽  
Safia Urooj

Human values and core principles of societies like self-respect, dignity, fairness, equality, dignity, non-discrimination and sharing have long been discussed and valued all over different societies and communities around the globe. These universal core principles are a reflection of the human rights; so the common skeleton of framework, philosophy and concept of human rights should be worldwide or universal. This implies that the recognition of human rights is supposed to be the goal of every state. Other than this central point, can we actually know the concept and dimensions of human rights? This basic question brings out the subject of education of human rights & human rights in education. Keeping in view this context the main objective of author is to study the perception/concept & practices of Teacher Educators about Human Right Education (HRE) & Human Right in Education. The population in this study comprised of Teacher Educators of Department of Education & teacher education of public universities of Sindh, where target population was Department of Education / teacher education of three randomly selected public universities. The target sample was sixty percent Teacher Educators from each department which were selected by random sampling. The research was descriptive in nature & qualitative & quantitative by method. A questionnaire with open and close ended questions was used to collect data and the data was analyzed with the help of percentages& theme analysis to inquire the concept & practices. Visualized findings sum-up the concept and practices about the theme with a few recommendations for practitioners and policy makers.


Author(s):  
Sufi Amin ◽  
Nabi Bux Jumani ◽  
Samina Malik

Peace education is one of the emerging developments of the 21st century in teacher education all over the world. The objective of the study is to investigate the views of teacher educators and prospective teachersregarding peace education in teacher education in Pakistan. The research design employed in this study is quantitative survey research. The population of the present study comprised all teacher educators as well asprospective teachers of five universities in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sample of the study consisted of 280 teacher educators and prospective teachers. Simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of the sample. The questionnaire was used as research instrument. The validity of the research instrument was ensured with the help of experts. Following recommendations from the experts, the research instrument was modified. The reliability of the instrument was assessed. The researchers distributed 280 questionnaires and 255 questionnaires were received. The data were analyzed with the help of SPSS (Version, 20). A modern Statistical method expressed in percentage, frequency and Mean Score was used for data analysis and interpretation. It was concluded that peace education develops positive thinking among teachers, develops knowledge of human rights, develops the quality of self-awareness among teachers, promotes justice and compassion among teachers, as well as endorses justice in society.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Niyibizi

The study aims to explore teacher educators’ beliefs about role modelling in teacher education in Rwanda. This study hopes to contribute to filling the gap created by limited empirical study available on teacher educators and the relevance of role modelling for high quality teacher training. The study was designed as an exploratory qualitative research using semi-structured interviews of 20 purposively and conveniently selected teacher educators. Content analysis was used to analyze collected data. The findings reveal that participating teacher educators believe that role modelling is an important component in the process of teaching teachers. Moreover, participants hold beliefs about role modelling as implicit exemplar practices and behavior. They think that teaching teachers involves not only providing knowledge but also serving as a good example in both teaching practices and behavior at training institutions as well as in the society. The study concludes that both implicit and explicit modelling should be included in the overall reflections of policy, research and practice of pedagogy of teacher education and especially in the professional development of teacher educators. Further empirical studies are recommended about the implications of implicit modelling on student teachers’ learning outcomes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Mohr ◽  
Kathleen A. Mohr

Currently, the faculty at post-secondary institutions are mostly Baby Boomer and Generation-X (Gen X) faculty teaching Gen-Y and -Z students as undergraduates.  According to numerous social commentators, these generations tend to vary in their worldviews, and the differences can challenge the teaching-learning relationship.   In the following discussion, we would like to share some information from a few current resources that attempt to characterize and analyze the two most dominant generations among post-secondary students today.  Then, we will pose a few ways that teacher educators might seek to update their instruction for Gen-Z students.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Meilinda Manda Yassar

ABSTRACT: In the current era, education is not only focused on the academic teacher, but a teacher's personality is also very aware of. In realizing quality education, emotional intelligence can be used as an important thing to acquire knowledge for an educator to improve his quality as a teacher. The task of a math teacher is tough, a teacher must have a pedagogic and academic competence, personal competence and social competence. The competence of the four competencies kepribadianlah critical note, because most math teachers in Indonesia lacks emotional intelligence. This is caused by the material and metedologi given LPTK and teacher training institutions associated with personal competence remains low. If emotional intelligence is developed and trained math teachers well, the personality of the teacher will mature and are emotionally intelligent  that professionalism of    math teacher can be achieved. To that end, the math teacher is expected to have all the necessary competence, in order to achieve quality education and make the learning process successfully.ABSTRAK: Pada zaman sekarang, pendidikan tidak hanya terfokus kepada akademik seorang guru saja, namun kepribadian seorang guru pun sangat diperhatikan. Dalam mewujudkan pendidikan yang berkualitas, kecerdasan emosi dapat dijadikan satu hal yang penting untuk memperoleh ilmu pengetahuan bagi seorang pendidik untuk meningkatkan kualitasnya sebagai guru. Tugas seorang guru matematika memang berat, yaitu seorang guru harus mempunyai kompetensi pedagogik dan akademik, kompetensi kepribadian, serta kompetensi sosial. Dari keempat kompetensi tersebut kompetensi kepribadianlah yang sangat diperhatikan, karena sebagian guru matematika di Indonesia kurang memiliki kecerdasan emosional. Hal ini disebabkan oleh materi dan metedologi yang diberikan LPTK dan lembaga pembinaan guru yang terkait dengan kompetensi kepribadian masih terbilang rendah. Apabila kecerdasan emosional guru matematika dikembangkan dan terlatih dengan baik, maka kepribadian seorang guru tersebut akan matang dan memiliki emosi yang cerdas sehingga keprofesional guru matematika pun dapat dicapai. Untuk itu, guru matematika diharapkan mempunyai setiap kompetensi yang diperlukan, guna mewujudkan pendidikan yang berkualitas dan membuat proses belajar mengajar berhasil.


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