A Study of Emotional Intelligence of Secondary School Teachers in Relation to their Professional Development

Abstract

Emotions are our responses to the world around us and they are created by the combination of thoughts, feelings and actions.
If one uses his emotions effectively it helps him to lead a successful and better life. But if one can’t control his/her emotions, it can result in disaster. It not only affects our relations with people but affects our self identity and ability to complete a task. One should be competent in handling one’s emotions and hence Emotional Intelligence is a very important virtue. The purpose of the study was to investigate the Emotional Intelligence of secondary school teachers in relation to their Professional Development. 600 secondary school teachers (i.e. teachers teaching 9th & 10th standard) in government schools of Haryana state served as sample for the study. Results of the study indicated a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and professional development of secondary school teachers. Further it reveals that there is significant linear increase in professional development from low to moderate to high emotional intelligence groups.