A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG PUPIL- TEACHERS OF PUNJAB

Abstract

A number of studies have advocated that teacher’s personal competencies, and more specifically Emotional Intelligence (EI), are particularly important for teacher effectiveness in her teaching and her profession. Hence, the present study is an attempt to explore the emotional intelligence among Pupil- Teachers who are considered as nation builders in coming time. The descriptive survey method was used to conduct the study.  Sample for the present study consisted of 400 pupil teachers which was selected from Barnala, Bathinda, Mansa and Sangrur districts. The data for emotional intelligence was collected by using Mangal Emotional Intelligence Inventory developed by Dr. S. K. Mangal and Mrs. Subhra Mangal (2009). For data analysis, the means, SDs and SEs were calculated. To compare the groups formed on the basis of gender and type of teaching subjects, t- ratios were calculated. The results of the study reveal that there were no gender differences on all aspects of emotional intelligence. Results are also indicated that there is no significant difference found among all pupil teachers stream wise on almost all the aspects of emotional intelligence.