EFFECT OF TEACHERS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON STUDENT’ INVOLVEMENT AND TASK ORIENTATION IN CLASSROOM LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Abstract

Emotional intelligence plays an important role in teaching and learning process specially when it is about students’ involvement and task orientation in classroom. The main objective of this research work is to discover the effect of teachers’ emotional intelligence on secondary school level students’ involvement and task orientation in classroom learning environment. Quantitative research was design by using a causalcomparative method. The study objectives were to explore the effect of teachers’ emotional intelligence of secondary school on students’ involvement and task orientation in classroom learning environment. The population of study was based on female teachers and students at public secondary schools of Lahore. The data collection was done by using a simple random sampling technique. Two questionnaires were used to find out the cause and effect between teachers’ emotional intelligence and students’ involvement and task orientation in classroom learning environment. The questionnaire was adapted from “what is happening in this Class” and the second was “Social Emotional Teacher Rating Scale (SETRC)”. The data interpretation is done by utilization of various descriptive statistical techniques such as correlation, simple linear regression, standard deviation, and Inferential statistics one-way ANOVA etc. The analysis of research work presents a strong effect of teachers’ emotional intelligence on students’ involvement and task orientation in classroom learning environment. The results showed that teachers’ emotional intelligence must be kept in concern all the time in school. Consequently, it will be beneficial for the educational administrators to promote healthy & positive classroom learning environment/climate and enhance productivity of staff in learning and teaching at the secondary school level.