EFFECTIVENESS OF CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ON THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF B. ED STUDENTS

Emotions play an important role in human life. Success of any professional is depends upon his ability to recognize and handle his own emotions. In the past period, a person with high level of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was considered as successful in his career and life but nowadays along with IQ, Emotional Intelligence (IQ) is recognized as a vital requirement and key factor in every profession. Teaching profession is one of the professions where use of emotional intelligence is necessary. Cooperative learning strategies are successful learning strategies where students work in small groups to achieve their academic goals. Co-operative learning could be a good way to develop an emotional intelligence in B.Ed students. The present study is done to check the effectiveness of co-operative learning strategies on emotional intelligence of B.Ed students. The Post test only-two equivalent control and experimental design is used in this study. Findings of this study revealed a significant difference in the emotional intelligence of B. Ed students of control and experimental group after instructed by lecture method and co-operative leaning strategies respectively.