Abstract
In this study, the relationship between teacher candidates’ emotional intelligence levels and communication skills was examined. It was examined whether there was a significant difference between teacher candidates’ emotional intelligence and communication skills, depending on gender and the departments they studied at. The research was designed in relational screening model. The universe of the research consists of teacher candidates, who are students at Necmettin Erbakan University Ahmet Keleşoğlu, Faculty of Education. In this universe, 326 teacher candidates were selected as the research sample. “Emotional Intelligence Scale” and “Communication Skills Inventory” were used to collect data. In the analysis of the data, one-way variance analysis and independent samples t-test, one of the parametric tests, were used. It is observed that there are low levels of positive relationship between teacher candidates’ communication skills and their emotional intelligence levels. No significant difference was found between teacher candidates’ emotional intelligence levels and communication skills regarding gender and department variables.
Highlights
We can define communication as an indispensable process in an individual’s life
In the study conducted by Özer, Gün and Düzen (2018) it was determined that emotional intelligence has an influence on communication skills regarding nursing students
The key factors which form a bond between emotional intelligence and communication skills as empathy, adaptability, positive thinking, good interpersonal skills, group behavior, problem solving, decision making abilities etc., are surveyed and the analysis shows that many communication skills effectiveness factors depend on emotional intelligence (Lakshmi, 2016)
Summary
We can define communication as an indispensable process in an individual’s life. Because communication is a need for the individual, it is impossible for us to spend one or more days without any communication.Every individual comes to the world alone, and even twins, triplets, quadruplets, one by one, are born before the other. In the process from birth to death, each individual establishes many relationships that require communication in order to stay alive and useful. Communication is a social process that results from the social and physiological needs of individuals. This social process has three important characteristics: it is a process that takes place as a result of human behaviors; it is not a static but a dynamic phenomenon; it depends on specific molds. Communication is of great importance in the teaching and learning process. Individuals can learn the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need for social life only through communication (Çağlar & Kılıç, 2011; Bhala, 2011; Zlatić, Bjekić, & Marinković ve Bojović, 2014)
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