EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF STUDENT TEACHERS

The present investigation has been undertaken in order to study the Emotional Intelligence of student teacher in Tamil Nadu state. By using the random sampling technique 622 student teachers were selected from various education coll eges in Tamil Nadu state. Normative survey method was used. This study is intended to find out the levels of Emotional intelligence of student teachers and if there is any significant difference between the selected pairs of sub - samples. Emotional Intellig ence scale constructed and validated by Hyde, Dhar, & Pethe, (2001) was used to collect the data. This study reveals that the majority of student teachers Emotionally Intelligence were high. There exists significant difference between sub samples related to email holders, and the type of college they studied.