Using Technology in Concert with Emotional Intelligence and empathy to promote student

academic Achievement

Dr Clyde Winters

ISBE

Is mastery of content knowledge enough to make a teacher effective in transfering to children what they need to learn to be successful in school and life.

State has established Social Emotional Learning Standards

Standards make it clear we need to know more about the emotional intelligence and empathy of teachers, to determine if they will be able to make these standards part of the school curriculum

We asked teachers the question “What is the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, teacher empathy and self-efficacy?

Regular and special education teachers were asked to complete a survey determining the extent emotional intelligence and empathy influences the way they teach.

It was found that emotional intelligence is related to effective teaching, and that the teaching experience of the teacher plays a prominent role in the teachers ability to use emotional intelligence to make learning more efficient and effective for their students

Role of emotional intelligence

Teachers need to demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence when teaching

Teachers effective when they understand the relationship between EI, learning and behavior.

Relationship between decision making and feelings.

Decisions associated with emotional quality of decision or judgment

Attributions associated with emotional intelligence because of

four dimensions

Perceiving Emotions

Facilitating thought

Understanding Emotions

Managing Emotions

Possession of High Emotional Intelligence

Teachers will be able to; 1. manage their emotions 2. possess skills to be more empathetic 3.exhibit self awareness 4.use the emotional content of lesson and instruments to motivate students to learn

Empathy important in learning

Teacher empathy allows teachers to : 1) understand the students they teach 2) create a secure & trusting environment 3) take the perspective of their students 4. choice of teaching method influenced by teacher self-efficacy

Summary of Literature Review

Generally, the research indicates that people with high self-efficacy are more persistent and strategic in their performance of a task than those with low self-efficacy

Understanding students provides teachers with the ability to create strategies that make students less angry and resistant.

Method

Sample 24 Special and regular educators in Chicago area

Demographics: 1-3 years experience 37.5%; 4-5 years experience 16.7%; & 6+years 45.9%

Instrument : Teacher Emotional Intelligence, Empathic and Self-Efficacy Survey

Scale includes descriptions of behaviors associated with self-efficacy, empathy and emotional intelligence

Self-efficacy is one’s belief in how well they will accomplish a task or series of task (Bandera, 1997).

Self-efficacy is defined as a person’s “judgment of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performance” (Bandura,1986, p.391).

That is to say that self- efficacy represents a person’s explicit judgment regarding their ability to attain a specific goal.

Item Norm Mean Standard

Deviation

Chi -square

Statistical

Significance

I am successful in teaching my students

24 3.3750 1.055 6.250 .172

I play an insignificant role in my students’

academic performance.

24 2.9165 .71728 3.250 .197

I make significant educational difference in the lives of my students

24 4.0417 1.041 15.667 .001*

Students learn every time I teach a lesson

24 3.5833 .88055 28.667 .000*

I am uncertain how to teach some of my students.

24 3.4583 .97709 28.500 .000*

I have limited influence in motivating my students.

24 2.7500 .89685 28.500 ,000*

*statistical significance Self-Efficacy Survey Items

Emotional Intelligence

Grewal and Salovey (2005) note that “emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own and others feelings, to discriminate among them. And to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions” (p.333).

Item Norm Mean Standard

Deviation

Chi -square

Statistical

Significance

Emotional

Intelligence

During instruction I model to my students that everyone’s opinion is valuable and should be respected.

24 5.9583 9.85759 11.000 .012*

The use of mnemonics when teaching math increases student academic achievement

24 3.1250 1.59653 9.667 .022*

Sometimes I employ dramatic behaviors and acting when I teach

24 4.2500 .67566 12.250 .002*

*statistical significance

Item Norm Mean Standard

Deviation

Chi -square

Statistical

Significance

Emo Intel

For me teaching is an empathetic act as well as an intellectual act.

24 4.4167 .71728 6.250 .044*

It’s important to create a sense of belonging among my students.

24 4.5000 .51075 .000 1.000

I want to provide a balance between caring and empathy as I teach.

24 3.9583 1.12208 17.667 .001*

My students can contribute very little to learning in my classroom.

24 2.8333 .63702 7.720 .021*

Conclusion

“I play an insignificant role in my students academic performance”.

and

“I shout at my students when they get on my nerves.”

No statistical Difference

Conclusion 2

Teachers in study possess high emotional intelligence

Teachers are good at managing and understanding their own emotion.

Many teachers frequently use emotion words and instruments when teaching.

Most teacher perceive the emotions of their students.

Item Norm Mean Standard

Deviation Chi -

square

Statistical

Significance

Understanding

Emotions

In my classroom

all students are

made to feel safe

and accepted.

24 4.3750 .71094 9.250 .010*

A major objective

in my pedagogy

is encouraging

my students to

recognize all

humans deserve

respect and

caring.

24 4.5417 .72106 12.250 .002

*statistical significance

Item Norm Mean Standard

Deviation Chi -

square

Statistical

Significance

Perceive

Emotions

My teaching

should be

influenced by the

feelings of my

children.

24 2.66667 .81650 9.000 .029*

Listening to ideas

from students can

help facilitate

learning in my

classroom.

24 4.2500 .89685 17.000 .001*

*statistical significance

We found that

Teacher experience affects Emotional Intelligence

Teachers with 1-3 years experience often demonstrate lower emotional intelligence than teachers with more years experience.

We also found that

This research makes it clear that awareness of emotional intelligence affects a teacher’s classroom behavior.

High teacher emotional intelligence correlates with student empathy

It is clear that teachers should control the learning environment

Teacher empathy and self-efficacy can influence the learning environment e.g., hostile< nurturing environment

Goals of SEL Standards

Help children develop awareness and management of their emotions

Help children learn how to achieve and set goals

Help children learn how to use their people skills maintain positive relationships.

Help children to master responsible behaviors that will help them to be successful in school and life.

Social Emotional Learning Standards

SEL Goal 1 - Develop self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success.

SEL Goal 2 - Use social-awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships.

SEL Goal 3 - Demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.

SEL Goal 1 - Develop self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life

success. Stage F

F2A Recognize the feelings and perspectives of others; 2A3. Describe other’s feelings in a variety of situations.

Activity- Go to WWW gather picture that you believe show different personal feelings. Write a caption under each picture explaining the emotion expressed by the person in the picture.

SEL Goal 2 - Use social-awareness and interpersonal

skills to establish and maintain positive relationships. Stage G

G1B: Recognize the outside influences on development of personal characteristics.

Activities- I want to be ___________ Students go to the WWW look up a career their interested in pursuing. Research career and write a report on what it takes to get the career you want.

SEL Goal 2 - Use social-awareness and interpersonal

skills to establish and maintain positive relationships. Stage G

G2b1. Investigate the traditions of others.

Activity-Eye on Culture. Students use WWW to research a foreign culture, and spending particular time learning about the food, music and other interesting facts about the foreign culture and reporting the research results to the rest of the class

SEL Goal 3 - Demonstrate decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and

community contexts. Stage H

2C.Use communication and social skills to interact with others. 2C2.Diferentiate among passive, assertive, and aggressive responses to peer pressure.

Activity-organize students into dyads. Students will then go on the web and find picture of young people they indicate how a person may feel who is being pressured by his/her peers to so something they don’t want to do.