DPS-MIS faculty members attended a webinar on the topic, “Emotional Intelligence-Integral Part of Curriculum in the New Normal,” organised by Macmillan Education organised on June 20.
Jyotsna Bharadwaj-Educator and Speaker, Founder Director of Envision India Edu-services enlightened the participants on the given subject matter. She highlighted the key issues and concerns of students over developing identity, communicating and connecting, building relationships, peer group acceptance, managing emotions etc.
The way a child identifies, understands, and manages emotions can have an impact on everything from his or her relationships with classmates to performance in the classroom. Hence to help a child succeed both in class and beyond the classroom, an active involvement of the teachers is needed.
She said that besides enhancing a child’s IQ, we also need to equip him/her with ‘EQ’ which teaches life skills; such as building a positive mental strength, adaptability, cognitive flexibility and resilience. Helping children to recognise their own feelings, strengths, weaknesses, desires and dislikes, managing emotions and stress effectively, developing empathy for others, boost self- motivation, communicate effectively, develop relations, think creatively, solve problems and make decisions are the building blocks for developing EQ.
Besides these, she said, we can add on the ‘Stroke Theory’ which includes ‘Verbal and Non-verbal positive strokes,’ because words of appreciation, a thumbs up signal, a warm hug, a smile and a kind look have a deep impact on the child’s emotional and mental well-being.
On the whole, the session was lively and engaging. The participants gained immensely from the information shared and look forward to put it in the right use in the classroom and beyond.
