A STUDY OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHING APTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

This research aimed to explore the emotional intelligence and teaching aptitude of secondary school teachers. To achieve this, a total of 100 school teachers, from secondary schools of Lucknow city of science and commerce departments at educational institutions were chosen. Each institution contributed 25 teachers from different schools. Teacher Emotional Intelligence Scale by P. N. Ashraf S. Jamal and Teaching Aptitude Test Battery (TATB) developed by Singh and Sharma were used for the purpose of data collection. To data analysis Mean, SD and t-test were utilized. The results indicated that there is no significant difference in emotional intelligence and teaching aptitude of secondary school teachers. This research suggests that future teachers should focus on exhibiting mature behavior and enhancing emotional intelligence and enhancing the teaching effectiveness need to be develop more teaching aptitude.