Investigation of Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Emotional Intelligence According to Various Variables
Abstract
The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between emotional intelligence and
teaching type of program they studied and grade level of preschool teacher candidates who
studied in the program of Preschool Teacher Training of Education Faculty. Survey method was
used in this research. Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale was used for the data collection tool.
The working group consists a total of 578 teacher candidates (279 from normal education, 299
from secondary education) who were studying in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class of different learning
type of a university in the Western Black Sea region in the fall semester 2015-2016 academic
year. According to findings obtained from this study, there wasn’t a meaningful relation between
the averages of emotional intelligence total score and the averages of sub-dimensions of
emotional intelligence total score of teacher candidates and teaching type of program they studied. As a result of analyzes performed to determine whether differences according to the
averages of sub-dimensions of emotional intelligence total score (of optimism, utilisation of
emotions, appraisal and expression of emotions) and the averages of emotional intelligence
total scores in terms of grade level, that there was a meaningful relation between the averages
of sub-dimensions of emotional intelligence total score (of optimism, utilisation of emotions)
and the averages of emotional intelligence total score and grade level. Significant differences
between the third and fourth to the third-grade classes were in favor (p<0.05). For studying
in secondary education teacher candidates, there wasn’t a meaningful relation between the
averages of emotional intelligence total score and the averages of sub-dimensions of emotional
intelligence total score of teacher candidates and grade level. Besides as a result of the twoway
ANOVA analysis, it was determined that teaching type of program they studied*grade level
interaction wasn’t make a significant difference on emotional intelligence scores. As a result of
the study, it is suggested that different researches can be done considering teacher candidates
studying in different programs on larger samples, besides different classroom environments can
be designed which teacher candidates’ emotional intelligence skills developer.
Keywords
Emotional Intelligence,Teacher Candidate,Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale
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