GENDER BASED ANALYSIS OF TEACHER EDUCATORS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEIN RELATION TO THEIR TEACHING EXPERIENCE

In the new millennium, teachers are challenged to educate students to fulfill the demands of an internationally competitive global society. This responsibility increases many times when we talk about teacher educators, which occupy a central position in the educational system. Emotional status is a controlling factor intheir teaching ability. Looking at the significance of emotional intelligence (EI) in the present scenario, the investigator is keen to study the influence of genderand teaching experience onthe EIof teacher educators in Northern India, especially Haryana.This study has been conducted to assess the EI of teacher educators in relation to their gender and experience. The emotional intelligence scale by Anukool Hyde, SanjyotPethe, and Upinder Dhar (2002) have used for analysis. Data obtained by stratified randomization was analyzed statistically using descriptive and test of significance analysis by One Way ANOVA. Results revealed no significant difference between the overall Emotional Intelligence of male and female teacher educators. However, each gender dominated in separated emotional intelligence factors wherefemale teacher educators mainly dominated in factors like managing relations, empathy, altruistic behavior, and integrity as compared to males. On the other hand, male teacher educators dominated mainly inself-awareness, self-motivation, emotional stability, integrity,self-development,and value orientation. Thus,overallEI is not gender-dependent,while different emotional intelligence factors varybetween male and female teacher educators depending on personality traits and living conditions. On the other hand, results have shown the positive impact of teaching experience on the total EI of teacher educators, where EI factors like empathy, self-motivation, managing relations, and integrity are enhanced with experience and thereby contribute to the enhancement of overall EI in both male and female teacher educators.Present study results will help embellish the subject matter of gender-based differencesin Emotional Intelligenceabout their experience.The outcome of this study would be beneficial fora further incremental increase of teacher educators EI by focusing on specific factors if teacher educatorsprogramsshould be prepared by considering all these effectors accordingly that would enlighten not only teacher education but also improve the impact of the Indian education system.