Emotional Intelligence and Teaching Competence: A Correlation Study

Abstract

The paper portrays the result of the study done to find out whether a correlation exists between the ‘Emotional intelligence’ and ‘Teaching competency’.  The study has been done on 100 school teachers from Thiruvallur district selected randomly for the purpose.  The method of research employed on descriptive mode is aimed at the co-relationship between the independent variable Emotional intelligence and the dependent variable Teaching competency.  Further the demographic variables considered for the study have been - a) type of institution (Govt./Govt.aided/Private), b) teaching experience of the teachers (10 years and below & 11 years and above).  The tools used for the study are Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire for school teachers (EIQST) and Pranay Pandey’s Teachers’ Competencies Measurement scale.  Results at the end have revealed that there is a positive and significant correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Teachers’ Competency of the school teachers.