Guided Discussions for Developing Emotional Intelligence

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Susanna Palomares & David Cowan

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is essential to life effectiveness and is more important in many ways than IQ. School is the best place for young people to be purposefully taught the important skills of Emotional Intelligence.

Sharing Circles are the EQ super-strategy and this book is chock full of them! What better way to develop the emotional intelligence of your students than by participation in relevant discussions about things that are important to them. This powerful and versatile instructional strategy is unusually effective as a tool for developing—

• self-awareness
• self-control
• the ability to understand and manage feelings
• empathy
• cooperation
• responsibility
• communication
• strategies for managing conflict and stress, and
• group interaction skills

Use these Sharing Circles with their emphasis on developing Emotional Intelligence to help your students feel connected to school, to develop friendships and an understanding of others, to enhance self-awareness, and to learn to value positive behaviors of self-management. You’ll find Sharing Circles to be the ideal process to engage your students’ “social brains” and emotions in learning effective social and emotional skills.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book 

An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence

• Recognizing the Importance of Emotions and Feelings
• Importance of Feelings to Children
• The Emotional Mind – The Difference Between IQ and EQ
• The Impact of Emotional Intelligence
• How Emotional Intelligence is Learned
• Working with Emotions – Three Areas of Impact
  – Self Awareness
  – Self Management
  – Relationship Skills
• The Value of Listening
• Educating the Emotional Mind
• The Benefits of Teaching Emotional Intelligence

Sharing Circles – The EQ Super Strategy

• Key Outcomes
• How to Organize and Lead Sharing Circles
• How to Get Started
• Procedures for Leaders
• Rules for Discussion

Creating Your Own Sharing Circle Topics

Primary Subject Area – Emotional Intelligence

Grades 3-9, 144 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, paperback