Emotional Intelligence (EI)What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional Intelligence (EI) refers to the capability to recognize, control and assess emotions and is measured by the emotional quotient (EQ). Dr. Goldman describes it as the ability to manage and monitor your emotions, motivate yourself towards a goal, empathize towards others and to handle conflicts and relationships well. Emotional Intelligence is natural in some, while research says that it can also be learned and strengthened. There are various tests which have been developed to measure the emotional intelligence. The questions for each test may vary, but they all come to a similar conclusion. The link below will take you to an emotional intelligence quiz related to different aspects. What is your emotional intelligence quotient? Complete the quiz to learn more. Emotional Intelligence Quiz: http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl_eq_quiz.htm?questnum=3&cor=3818 Why learn about your Emotional Intelligence? Students with high emotional intelligence are more successful in life than those with lower ones. Emotional intelligence is important because it is the first part of the chain for effective learning to occur and affects attention, behaviour and learning (better thinking and problem solving skills). Erikson explains the psychosocial stages of human development. Each stage consists of developmental tasks which must be resolved before they can move onto the next step. Many students do not develop each stage fully thus causing a change in their emotional intelligence which impacts different areas of our lives, such as commitment, the ability to communicate, capacity to accept change and maintaining curiosity and openness. |
Multiple Intelligence (MI)What is Multiple Intelligence?
Every brain is organized in a unique way. Dr. Gardner established the theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) which suggests that people have 8 different kinds of ‘intelligences’ (‘existentialist intelligence’ is a possible ninth one). These are kinesthetic, rhythmic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, naturalist, visual, verbal and logical. It is important to understand your intelligence levels in each category as it has a direct impact on your personal life and academic success. People have different intellectual strengths, and these are important as they affect how they learn, represent things in their minds and how they show it. A study of the different types of intelligences also allows teachers to create assessment strategies. Multiple Intelligence Test
Complete the Multiple Intelligences Test found on the below website. Print out your results and bring it to class for a discussion. Also, post a brief comment in the discussion board of your results and whether you believe the test was accurate and some factors that may have contributed to your test results coming out the way they were (50-100 words). Use the description of the types of Multiple Intelligences above and the video below to help in your understanding of the results and your discussion post. Multiple Intelligences Test (Birmingham City Council): http://www.bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/ multiple_int/ Multiple Intelligences |