The Development of an Instruction Model for Emotional Intelligence of The Fifth - year Elementary Students in Khlung District, Chanthaburi

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Kajeeporn Teerasong
Tawat Wichianprapha

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Emotional intelligence could be developed as it is not the result of genetics. In consequence, elementary students should be instructed to enhance their emotional intelligence which influences their learning and living.


OBJECTIVES: To develop the instruction pattern of emotional intelligence development and to study fifth - year elementary students instructional pattern of emotional intelligence in Khlung District, Chanthaburi.


METHODS: The samples of this research and development included twelve persons who were experts, medical doctors, nurses, teachers, and student guardians. The samples for the experiment were 80 students in the fifth - year of elementary education, selected by purposive sampling. The research tool could be divided into the tools for the experiment, which were the development of instruction patterns of emotional intelligence. The authors created 14 instruction patterns over 14 weeks. The tools for data collection comprised an emotional intelligence evaluation of children aged 6 - 11 (for student guardians). The statistical significance were an independent t - test and paired t - test.


RESULTS: The emotional intelligence of the fifth - year elementary students, regarding EQ factors that were being good, smart, and happy, the result before and after the experiment showed the difference with statistical significance (p < 0.001) and the emotional intelligence of the fifth-year elementary students regarding the EQ factors were being good, smart, and happy, after the experiment for the experimental group and the control group, the result showed a statistical significant difference (p < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS: This research could be the guideline for the related unit to deal with the enhancement of elementary children’s emotional intelligence and to adjust the instruction model for the emotional intelligence of elementary students appropriately.

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