Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent
Published on 30. March 2007
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-0-275-99363-4 (ISBN)
Description
Daniel Goleman, the literary catalyst for worldwide interest in emotional intelligence, sets the stage for this groundbreaking book in his foreword explaining its landmark importance. People can be educated to be more emotionally intelligent, and this particular type of education takes place through a specific type of parenting at home, formal education at school, and training and coaching at work. As a result of this education, extensively described in this comprehensive book, people's lives can be improved; they can become more effective, productive and content in what they do. Some of the best known researchers, professors and practitioners worldwide team up in this work to recognize and reflect the rapidly growing global interest in scientifically-based applications of emotional intelligence in education, to show readers the diverse applications of EI, and to guide them in applying what is known about this topic. The breadth of coverage, array of experts, international scope and clear, practical tone of this book will appeal to parents, educators, psychologists, counselors, trainers, and corporate coaches, mental health and human resource practitioners and healthcare providers.
Parents and educators need to perform their caregiving roles and teach with emotional intelligence if children are to develop the skills and discernment needed to cope with the complexities of an increasingly globalized world. Workplaces that apply emotional intelligence are more pleasant places in which to work, provide a more fulfilling experience for employees and are, in the end, more productive organizations. Emotional intelligence can be developed by most individuals to increase performance in many areas of life. And a growing body of evidence indicates EI skills may improve physical health, as well as mental health. This book will become a benchmark for future researchers and practitioners.
Parents and educators need to perform their caregiving roles and teach with emotional intelligence if children are to develop the skills and discernment needed to cope with the complexities of an increasingly globalized world. Workplaces that apply emotional intelligence are more pleasant places in which to work, provide a more fulfilling experience for employees and are, in the end, more productive organizations. Emotional intelligence can be developed by most individuals to increase performance in many areas of life. And a growing body of evidence indicates EI skills may improve physical health, as well as mental health. This book will become a benchmark for future researchers and practitioners.
Reviews / Votes
Bar-On, Maree, and Elias have put together a book that reflects the rapidly growing global interest in scientifically based applications of emotional intelligence (EI) in education. Although EI has been defined in a variety of ways, the editors focus on five competencies: (1) recognizing, understanding, and expressing feelings; (2) understanding the feelings of others and relating cooperatively; (3) managing and controlling emotions; (4) managing emotions generated by change and solving personal and interpersonal problems; (5) generating positive affect and being self-motivated. The thrust of EI work is to recognize that the IQ has limited value in predicting success and that, to a significant degree, EI can fill the gap....[t]his title will be useful those interested in educational, service, and organizational activities, including the general public. Includes chapter-end references. Recommended. All readers; all levels. * Choice * The text has been constructed expertly by a triad of distinguished editors....This excellently written book plainly reveals the salient need for further studies structured well to fill existing gaps in research knowledge in the deeply fissured field of emotional intelligence....The respective contributors to this superbly crafted text are to be commended for deftly painting a revealing picture of emotional intelligence. Their skilled efforts may be a springboard to futher study of EI. Professionals in the mental health field, enveloping psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and behavioral scientists, should derive great intellectual profit from a close reading of this enriching text. Additionally, persons attached professionally to the field of education, including teachers, special education teachers, school administrators, and school principals, will very likely be quite enlightened by a careful perusal of the books illuminating contents. * Metapsychology Online Reviews * Inspired by a reaction to a special issue of Perspectives in Education, contributors (affiliations not stated) synthesize work done in several professions and disciplines on applying emotional intelligence in education. They consider such aspects as its importance, emotionally intelligent parenting, steps in developing a community-based teacher training program designed to educate children to be emotionally intelligent, and the most popular measures of assessing emotional intelligence in adults. * Reference & Research Book News *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-99363-4 (9780275993634)
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Additional editions
Reuven Bar-On | J.G. Maree | Maurice Jesse Elias
Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent
E-Book
03/2007
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
€56.49
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Persons
Reuven Bar-On is Director of Emotional Intelligence Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch. He has been involved in studying and applying various aspects of emotional intelligence since 1980. Bar-On coined the term EQ (Emotional Quotient) in his doctoral dissertation submitted in 1985. This approach to describing emotional-social functioning and competence culminated in the creation of the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) in 1997, the first measure of its kind to be published by a psychological test publisher and peer-reviewed. Bar-On has authored or edited more than 20 publications on this topic, including The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence (2000).
J.G. Maree is a Professor of Education at Pretoria University and Editor of Perspectives in Education. An author or co-author of more than 36 books and 80 articles, he is internationally known for his work in career counseling. His research focuses on optimizing the achievement of disadvantaged learners. He is also a highly rated Researcher with the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Maree was recently honored with Exceptional Achiever status.
Maurice Jesse Elias is Director of the Rutgers University Social-Emotional Learning Lab, and a Professor in the Psychology Department at Rutgers. He is also Director of the university's Developing Safe and Civil Schools prevention initiative, as well as Acting Chairman of the Leadership Team at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Among his many publications are Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (2000) and Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers.
J.G. Maree is a Professor of Education at Pretoria University and Editor of Perspectives in Education. An author or co-author of more than 36 books and 80 articles, he is internationally known for his work in career counseling. His research focuses on optimizing the achievement of disadvantaged learners. He is also a highly rated Researcher with the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Maree was recently honored with Exceptional Achiever status.
Maurice Jesse Elias is Director of the Rutgers University Social-Emotional Learning Lab, and a Professor in the Psychology Department at Rutgers. He is also Director of the university's Developing Safe and Civil Schools prevention initiative, as well as Acting Chairman of the Leadership Team at the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Among his many publications are Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (2000) and Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers.