What is it about?
Emotional intelligence develops within the safe circle of connection. It grows in direct proportion to the self-regulation skills our care givers possess. Emotional intelligence influences our levels of success and affects our choices. Children who develop strong emotional intelligence have higher levels of well-being and self-esteem.
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Why is it important?
Unless we put connection first, emotional intelligence is reduced to a 'soft skill' status in education, rather than being at the very heart.
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I am very aware that our education systems still put product over process. How wonderful it would be if governments today would finally recognise the limitation of this 150 year old teaching approach, and start putting connection and creativity at the heart. Perhaps then we might see a reduction in poor mental health and a marked improvement in those outcomes that truly matter: resilience, optimism and hope. And if it is the academic success that you are after, then people who possess these qualities are far more likely to pass exams, and anything else that life throws at them.
Helen Garnett
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This page is a summary of: Exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence and empathy, Early Years Educator, April 2018, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/eyed.2018.19.12.38.
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