What is it about?
Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) values have academic merit for students, yet also enforce unnecessary stress. Stress engendered by CHC values and the competition nowadays could lead to students’ mental and physical dysfunctions. Students’ level of EI and learning motivation are proven to be predictive factors of their academic achievement. Enhanced EI could lead to spontaneous learning motivation and improved academic performance. Emotional coaching is recommended as a means to enhance students’ level of Emotional Intelligence.
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Why is it important?
Students in Hong Kong are facing tremendous stress due to the overly competitive atmosphere and high expectations of academic success from their parents. Although Hong Kong was a British colony for more than 150 years, some of the traditional Confucian values remained embedded in Hong Kong citizens. Moreover, those values were highly influential for both parents and students in building a framework of expectation regarding education. However, superior expectations could lead to frustrations, causing stress and mental health problems for the students. This study aimed to seek a way for students from a CHC background to succeed academically without enduring the overwhelming stress that could potentially lead to emotional breakdowns.
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Results from this study suggest that by enhancing students’ level of EI, their learning motivation would increase accordingly, and eventually, their academic achievement would improve. Several implications for EI improvement were revealed.
Sylvia Kwok
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This page is a summary of: The significance of emotional intelligence to students’ learning motivation and academic achievement: A study in Hong Kong with a Confucian heritage, Children and Youth Services Review, February 2021, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105847.
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