The role of the formation of emotional intelligence in the professional activity of teachers

Abstract

The article is devoted to the demand of emotional intelligence formation and development as a significant quality in future social teachers of professional competence. We offered the following hypothesis: the use of the training educational program (TEP) and the sociopsychological training (SPT) contribute to the formation and emotional intelligence development of social future teachers. The research is involved 40 students of the Social Sciences Faculty of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) and 46 students of K. Zhubanov Pedagogy Institute of Aktobe Regional State University (ARSU). The purpose of the research is to assess the state of the emotional intelligence problem; to consider different points of view of researchers about the emotional intelligence problem; to show the influence of emotional intelligence on the professional and personal development of a social teacher. The training program and the SPT were used to achieve the tasks for social teachers, which aimed at actualizing the creative potential of students and developing empathy and another component of emotional intelligence (EI). The analysis of the EI indicators of the subjects and last stages of the research has confirmed our hypothesis, that the use of the training program and the SPT for social future teachers have a positive effect on the formation and further development of personal and interpersonal aspects of emotional intelligence, also increases the quality of the professional competence.