Emotional Intelligence On The Field Of Teaching Is Vital

Emotional Intelligence in the Field of Teaching is Vital! Social cognition is found early in an infant life. The young child becomes aware of emotional development in play, even before knowing how to communicate using words. â€Å"As preschoolers develop language abilities, they become able to understand the perspective of others which leads to changes in social behavior including an increase in empathic and prosocial behaviors† (Zelazo). The first years of a child’s exposure to formal education is important for a teacher to show emotional intelligences towards the student. What defines a successful teacher is one who cares about the students emotions and not just focused on the curriculum. Lack of proper emotional development because the†¦show more content†¦All teachers should know that each student learns in a different way. Throughout elementary schools, teachers should not just give a lecture on a topic, but make it visual and/or kinesthetic. An effective teacher is someone who uses emotional intelligence as part of their lesson plans which means caring for the students’ feelings and needs. Expressionism is a key factor when teaching students. When learning a lesson, a teacher may just have a monotone voice give minimal assignments instructions, and no emotional attachment for what is being taught. An example of this would be; â€Å"Today student write a book report on Thomas Jefferson.† Example of an emotional intelligent teacher, who would give an assignment this way; â€Å"Good Morning Students, today we are going to write a book report about one of my favorite presidents. He wrote The Declaration of Independence, was a brilliant inventor, and believed in freedom and justice. He was one of the Founding Fathers of our country. Our third president, Thomas Jefferson!† This teacher shows much emotional involvement to this president which translates in getting her students interested about writing this book report . Another quality of an emotional intelligent teacher is conscious of student’s possible home problems. They are on the lookout for any Child Abuse, getting bullied by other students, parents going