Teaching with Emotional intelligence
| Author/Producer | ESCalate |
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| Published in | Issue 4: Ethical decision-making supports teaching, learning and research |
| Date Published | Spring 2006 |
| Pages | 2 |
Summary
By Alan Mortiboys, University of Central England
Description
Here is a question for you. Think of any occasion when you were a learner that aroused strong feelings in you. What is the word or phrase that captures how you felt at the time?
I have asked this question of hundreds of higher education lecturers in workshops I run on teaching with emotional intelligence. The range of feelings recalled is vast but common responses include ‘angry’, ‘elated’, ‘embarrassed’, ‘frustrated’, ‘humiliated’, ‘relieved’. I ask the question in order to make the point that:
Learning itself is an intrinsically emotional business (Claxton 1999:15).