Abstract
Emotional intelligence is a type of intelligence that involves the ability to monitor, understand one’s own and others emotions, to discriminate among them and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions. It is the capacity to process emotional information accurately and efficiently taking into account information relevant to the recognition, construction and regulation of emotion in oneself and others. The study aimed to examine the Emotional intelligence and it impact on academic achievement in zoology among higher secondary students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the Emotional intelligence and it impact on academic achievement in zoology among higher secondary students. For this study a sample of 300 higher secondary students from five Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that is inferred that there is a difference in the level of emotional intelligence and achievement in zoology among higher secondary students.
Highlights
Emotional intelligence is the capacity of an individual to define his own emotions
According to the table totally 26.66% of the selected higher secondary students belong to low level of Academic Achievement in zoology, 46% of the selected higher secondary students belong to moderate level of Academic Achievement in zoology, and 27.33% of the selected higher secondary students belong to high level of Academic Achievement in zoology
There will be a significant mean score difference in emotional intelligence between the group based on sex among higher secondary students
Summary
Emotional intelligence is the capacity of an individual to define his own emotions It refers to an array of non-cognitive skills, capabilities and competencies that influence a person’s ability to cope with environmental demands and pressures (cited in Dulewicz and Higgs, 2000). It‟s a social skill of getting along well with other people, managing emotions in relationships, being able to persuade or lead others (O‟Neil, 1996). Daniel Goleman (1998) defines emotional intelligence as “a matter of aptitude, a capacity that profoundly affects all other abilities, either facilitating or interfering, with them”. He further says that “emotional intelligence refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and our relationship”
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