Primary Schools
Why should we teach toddlers and upwards the essential skills of Emotional Intelligence
There are many answers to this question In this early stage of the brains development it is much easier to training these essential life skills
The brain has learnt a model of our emotions as it stands today; it knows, in its own way, how to cope with the events of life, for good or ill.
It started almost immediately after conception and it would re-modify itself on a millisecond by millisecond basis as new events occurred: in our early years this would be chaotic, giving rise to the ‘terrible 2s’!
From there-on, the changes and reframing would be a constant process. On reaching school age it would have to adapt to the events and actions of others, initially it would get it wrong and frequently adversarial correction would be applied which the brain would consider a threat. The way it copes with that threat is what leads to discussions on unacceptable behaviour.
These are the fundamental reasons for the importance of Primary School, Parenting and caring for young children. If the wrong approach is used, then distortions develop into a life script that will affect the individual for life.
Therefore, while the brain is pliable to new inputs, it is essential that emotional reframing takes place in primary schools. It is my sincere belief that every child from 2 to 11 years old should engage in activities that help them to reframe and test their emotions before they become cemented in the growing architecture of their developing brain as at that age the frames are weak and can easily be changed.
We read about young people being stabbed, behavioural in the classroom where teachers are abused, the Government is spending millions on anti-social behaviour each one of these is where the essential skills of Emotional Intelligence is lacking
Every teacher would agree that the fundamental reason for poor performance is
Attitude
Being bored
Inability to listen
Easily distracted
Lack of focus
Distracting other students
All of these is the realm of Emotional Intelligence
Can emotional Intelligence be effectively taught in school
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