Emotional Development And Emotional Intelligence Educational Implications

by Salovey, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780465095872
• ISBN10: 0465095879
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-12
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

In recent years, innovative schools have developed courses in what has been termed emotional literacy, emotional intelligence, or emotional competence. This volume evaluates these developments scientifically, pairing the perspectives of psychologists with those of educators who offer valuable commentary on the latest research. It is an authoritative study that describes the scientific basis for our knowledge about emotion as it relates specifically to children, the classroom environment, and emotional literacy.Key topics include: historical perspectives on emotional intelligence neurological bases for emotional development the development of social skills and childhood socialization of emotion. Experts in psychology and education have long viewed thinking and feeling as polar opposites reason on the one hand, and passion on the other. And emotion, often labeled as chaotic, haphazard, and immature, has not traditionally been seen as assisting reason.All that changed in 1990, when Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer coined the term emotional intelligence as a challenge to the belief that intelligence is not based on processing emotion-laden information. Salovey and Mayer defined emotional intelligence as the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use motivated scientists, educators, parents, and many others to consider the ways in which emotions themselves comprise an intelligent system.With this groundbreaking volume, invited contributors present cutting-edge research on emotions and emotional development in a manner useful to educators, psychologists, and anyone interested in the unfolding of emotions during childhood. In recent years, innovative schools have developed courses in "emotional literacy" that making; these classes teach children how to understand and manage their feelings and how to get along with one another. Many such programs have achieved national prominence, and preliminary scientific evaluations have shown promising results.Until recently, however, there has been little contact between educators developing these types of programs and psychologists studying the neurological underpinnings and development of human emotions. This unique book links theory and practice by juxtaposing scientific explanations of emotion with short commentaries from educators who elaborate on how these advances can be put to use in the classroom.Accessible and enlightening,Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligenceprovides ample evidence about emotional intelligence as well as sound information on the potential efficacy of educational programs based on this idea.

Author Biography

Peter Salovey, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of graduate studies in psychology at Yale University. David Sluyter, Ph.D., is the program director at the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, MI.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii	(4)
A Note from the Editors	xi	(2)
Foreword	xiii
Daniel Goleman
PART I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES	3	(126)
1. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?	3	(32)
John D. Mayer
Peter Salovey
Educator's Commentary	32	(3)
Karol DeFalco
2. EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AND SELF-REGULATION IN CHILDHOOD	35	(35)
Carolyn Saarni
Educator's Commentary	67	(3)
Marianne Novak Houston
3. FRIENDS, DIPLOMATS, AND LEADERS IN KINDERGARTEN: INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE IN PLAY	70	(23)
Thomas Hatch
Educator's Commentary	90	(3)
Linda Lantieri
4. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF TEACHING IN ORGANIZING THE FRONTAL LOBE	93	(36)
Mark T. Greenberg
Jennie L. Snell
Educator's Commentary	120	(9)
Jo-An Vargo
PART II: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES	129	(104)
5. EMOTIONAL RESPONDING: REGULATION, SOCIAL CORRELATES, AND SOCIALIZATION	129	(39)
Nancy Eisenberg
Richard A. Fabes
Sandra Losoya
Educator's Commentary	164	(4)
Rebecca Nellum-Williams
6. EMOTION REGULATION DURING CHILDHOOD: DEVELOPMENTAL, INTERPERSONAL, AND INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS	168	(28)
Eliot M. Brenner
Peter Salovey
Educator's Commentary	193	(3)
Patricia Moore Harbour
Jill Stewart
7. PROMOTING CHILDREN'S SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT WITH PEERS	196	(37)
Steven R. Asher
Amanda J. Rose
Educator's Commentary	225	(8)
Robert (Chip) Wood
PART III: APPLICATIONS	233	(46)
8. THE QUESTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT IN EMOTION	233	(24)
Jeannette Haviland-Jones
Janet L. Gebelt
Janice C. Stapley
Educator's Commentary	254	(3)
Marianne Novak Houston
9. LINKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING	257	(22)
Joseph E. Zins
Lawrence F. Travis III
Penny A. Freppon
Educator's Commentary	275	(4)
Mickey Kavanagh
Index	279