More to life than IQ

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More to life than IQ???

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Aims

• Know what emotional intelligence (EQ) means
• Reflect on our own levels of emotional
  intelligence
• Understand the importance of EQ in learning
• Have some strategies to develop more emotionally
  intelligent students
• Feel more motivated to use these strategies and
  confident to take the associated risks

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ASK
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What is emotional intelligence? It is the
ability to control and use the power of our
emotions to maximise our potential.
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What is intelligence?

• Is where you are aware of things and make the
  most out of things
• Where you can work well and listen to other
  people
• How you think and how you act
• Saying you are smart
• Where you know a bit more than what other people
  know
• What are intelligent people like?
• Prepared and organised
• Enjoy whatever they do
• Can look the same as people who are not brainy
• They are kind
• Willing to help people when they are stuck and do
  their work as well
• Tend not to get into trouble

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Whats in it for us?

• Promotes learning
• Cuts down on conflict
• Promotes tolerance

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Self-confidenceSelf-esteemSelf-efficacy
(knowing what you want and how to get it)
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How S.E.R.I.O.U.S.are you?

• Self-motivation
• Empathy
• Reflection
• Impulse control
• Optimism
• Understanding relationships
• Self awareness

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Emotions or feelings?

• Emotions are recurring feelings sustained by a
  belief, as a response to which we have to take
  some form of action.

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Teachers can promote learning power by

• Explaining
• Commentating
• Orchestrating
• Modelling

being emotionally intelligent in all of these
areas.
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Top of the EQ Pops
Goals for life
Motivation
Positive self-image
Mood control
Stress management
Willpower
Self-awareness
Optimism
Persistence
Empathy
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The P.E.T. brain
Thinking brain
Emotional brain
Primitive brain
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Games of two halves
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Im an alligator - Get me out of here!
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Plans for the rest of the day

• MMs from snapshot
• metacognition moment
• Main sessions Positivity, Confidences
• Memory magic
• On line evaluation by Friday

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Sweets

• Are you an instant or deferred reward sort of
  person??