Methodological strategies for the development of emotional intelligence in upper basic school

Abstract

The main objective of the research was to determine the methodological strategies that guarantee the development of emotional intelligence at the level of higher basic education, according to the Ecuadorian educational reality. For this scientific work, the application of different research methods that served to guarantee an adequate informative development was extremely necessary. The analytical-synthetic methods and the descriptive method were used, where they were considerably useful in the aspects of analyzing in depth the characteristics and positive and negative elements of the methodological models, this to apply for the type of emotional intelligence and general form within Ecuadorian education. The bibliographic review was used as a technical tool, with this it was possible to collect the largest number of updated authors and their models of methodological strategies, In addition, the descriptive method for the adequate development of the investigation. 20 methodological strategies were determined with the aim of establishing the most appropriate ways to guarantee the development of emotional intelligence, where it was considered that teachers should apply it in the classroom, as a significant contribution in the student body of the upper basic level of the Ecuador and for their social and mental well-being.