Lesson 4: Emotional intelligence
Today's young people are lonely and depressed, more nervous, aggressive and impulsive, more unprepared for life because they lack the emotional tools necessary to initiate behaviour such as self-awareness, self-control, empathy (Umberto Galimberti).
Children must be taught to recognise and manage their emotions, otherwise they will remain emotionally illiterate.
4.1 Introduction
The concept of emotional intelligence was introduced by Salovey and Mayer (1990) to describe "the...
4.2 Emotional intelligence in children
Goleman (1995) states that the family is the first context in which we learn about emotional life...
4.3 Educating Adults: Teachers and Parents
Daily practice shows that the teacher has a primordial way of managing and teaching children's em...