EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE SECONDARY AND POST SECONDARY LEVEL
Dr. Dominick P. Ferello
National Louis University
Dr. Jeffrey Blume
There is more to going to college than academics. An exiting student must also possess high social emotional intelligence in order to attain success in their chosen field. This article discusses the advent of social emotional intelligence and strategies that may be used by institutions of higher learning to prepare these students for the challenges ahead.
Higher Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Social Emotional Intelligence, Educational Environment, Counseling
The term Emotional Intelligence was first coined by two psychologists during the 1990s. John Meyer and Peter Salovey introduced the academic community to this concept in an article they had written for a small academic journal. Meyer and Salovey (1990) defined emotional intelligence as a keen sense of social awareness that is coupled with the ability to understand and monitor one’s own emotions as well as the emotions of others. An individual who possesses a high emotional intelligence will then use the identified and observed emotions to react appropriately to the situation at hand. When utilized consistently, emotional intelligence can support better student decision making on social and academic issues. Continue reading