THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQ MODULE FOR INTERVENING TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN MALAYSIA
The purpose of this study is to develop the EQ module to help improve emotional intelligence teachers. Explanatory mixed methods designs were utilized in the method section. This was a two-phase study which started by an observation study involving 112 teachers to decide the EQ co-competency that needed intervention. Furthermore, this study also utilized a case study (n= 32 working professionals) and document analysis (n= 12 documents), to decide the methods and usefulness of the module in developing a valid co-competency. The data for the first phase were collected using an EQ instrument (IKEM/MEQI), and was analyzed using the SPSS softwares. Whereas the data from the second phase were collected through an in-depth interview, group interview and document analysis, which were then analyzed using the NVivo 2 and NVivo 7softwares. The findings of the first phase showed that there are 11 EQ competencies that needed intervention (emotioanal awareness, Accurate Self-Assessment, self confidence, honesty, self controll, Trustworthiness, achievement drive, Undertanding others, developing others, influence, conflict managemet). The case studies also showed that there are certain methods to increase those 11 EQ competencies. The result of both phases were used as the foundation to develop an EQ module which was the main objective of this study. All of those competencies has been trained for 4 days using the newly developed EQ module. The result of the study showed that there are improvements on those 11 EQ competencies. Training participants also said that they had fun in the training using the newly developed EQ module.