أطراس
Volume 5, Numéro 3, Pages 210-225
2024-09-30

Emotional Intelligence: A Fundamental Aspect Of Successful Higher Education Teachers

Authors : Atallah Kamel Eddine . Iddou Naima .

Abstract

Contemporary research appears to be less concerned with the traditional premise that teaching is limited to imparting content knowledge of a certain subject area through effective teaching methodologies. Scholars now are inclined to lean more towards "emotion" than towards "cognition." Being cognisant of the momentousness of emotional intelligence, the purpose of this research is to clarify the concept of "emotional intelligence," investigate the degree to which teachers of English at Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Algeria, are emotionally intelligent, and, lastly, make suggestions that could aid in advancing the emotional intelligence of educators. To that end, 103 students participated in the study. Given that this investigation is grounded in a mixed-methods approach, the researchers employed strategies and techniques that are suitable for both qualitative and quantitative methods. Mindful of a good interpretation of the open-ended question addressed to the participants, the authors of this research paper resorted to the quantitative content analysis approach. Data were collected using a web-based questionnaire sent as Google Forms to the students’ Facebook accounts. In relation to the missing data faced throughout the analysis of the data, the authors of this research had recourse to the listwise deletion approach. Despite the sink-or-swim scenario and the stressful conditions that consist of the pressure exerted by the administration, absence of professional and emotional development/training, overcrowded classes, lack of coordination among teachers, the nature of the LMD system that is unsuitable for our university’s realities, etc., this research outcome reveals that teachers possess emotional intelligence to some extent.

Keywords

Algerian higher education, emotional intelligence, English language education, successful education, teachers’ behaviours