The article substantiates the relevance of the chosen topic in the context of the ideas of the New Ukrainian School and analyzes the scientific sources on the interpretation of the term "emotional competence" in the scientific pedagogical and psychological literature. The results of the analysis of different approaches of foreign and domestic researchers to the interpretation of the concepts of "emotional intelligence" and "emotional competence" are presented. It is determined that the problem of emotional competence is closely related to the phenomenon of emotional intelligence. According to the concept of the New Ukrainian School, the educational process is reoriented to the emotional component, the development of students' emotional intelligence, the successful self-realization of the personality, the successful self-realization of the personality, the discovery and expression of their own potential, which requires the teacher to carry out the educational process on an emotional basis, to build relationships with students , empathy, consciously expressing and managing emotions, recognizing, understanding the emotional world of younger students, creating a positive emotional mood and a favorable psychological climat in class. Therefore, there is a problem of developing the emotional competence of elementary school teachers. Understands the understanding of the emotional competence of primary school teachers as a dynamic combination of views, values, knowledge of emotions, ability to express, understand, manage their own emotions and emotional state of students, personal qualities for successful implementation of the educational process on an emotional basis, principles, their parents, colleagues, their own professional implementation. Theoretical approaches to understanding the structure of emotional competence are generalized, the most common views on the components of emotional competence are defined, its structure is given. In the structure of emotional competence of elementary school teachers are defined personal (expression, understanding, management of their emotions) and interpersonal (ability to perceive, understand, influence the emotional state of students) components. The structure of emotional competence of elementary school teachers is correlated with the ideas of the New Ukrainian School. Key words: emotions, emotional intelligence, emotional competence, elementary school teacher, New Ukrainian School.
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