Abstract
This study sought to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and attitudes towards teaching profession among 124 English as a foreign language (EFL) pre-service teachers at a major state university in Turkey. Data were collected using the Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Attitudes towards Teaching Profession Scale. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and attitudes towards the teaching profession of Turkish EFL pre-service teachers. Moreover, findings indicated that the majority of the participants had moderate levels of emotional intelligence and attitudes towards teaching profession. Findings may serve as insights for teacher training programs to promote pre-service teachers’ emotional intelligence and their attitudes towards the teaching profession.
Highlights
Emotions and attitudes play a crucial role in all human behaviors
This study sought to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and attitudes towards teaching profession among 124 English as a foreign language (EFL) pre-service teachers at a major state university in Turkey
Much research has indicated that emotional intelligence and attitudes are closely linked to foreign language learning (Fahim & Pishghadam, 2007; López, 2011)
Summary
Emotions and attitudes play a crucial role in all human behaviors. Over the past few decades, emotional aspects and attitudes of people have recently attracted a great deal of attention in academic research (Öz, Demirezen, & Pourfeiz, 2015; Durmusoglu, Yanik, & Akkoyunlu, 2009). As emotional intelligence can influence teachers’ beliefs on teaching (Anderson, 2004) and their attitude towards the teaching profession can explain their occupational behaviors (Ustuner, 2006), it is important to describe attitudes towards teaching and emotional intelligence of teachers in terms of quality of education. In this point, it is vital to know pre-service teachers’ emotions and points of view about their future profession as they will complete a teacher-training program and become qualified professionals in their field; so exploring this matter will have positive effect on this process. This study attempts to investigate pre-service EFL teachers’ emotional intelligence and attitudes towards the teaching profession
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