Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Teacher Effectiveness of Science Teachers

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to explore the influence of Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) on Teacher Effectiveness (T.E.) of science teachers of secondary schools of East Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya (N = 352). Emotional Intelligence inventory and Teacher Effectiveness scale were used to collect the data. Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test, and correlation were used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in Emotional Intelligence between male and female science teachers and female science teachers are slightly higher in Emotional Intelligence than their male counterparts. Further, there is no significant difference in Emotional Intelligence among the science teachers with respect to locale, community, qualification and teaching experience. There is no significant difference in Teacher Effectiveness among the science teachers with respect to gender, locale, community, qualification and teaching experience. The findings of the study revealed a relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Teacher effectiveness and between TE and the dimensions of EI. Although the correlation is neglible, EI influences TE to some extent.