A Study on Students Academic Achievement in Relation to Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence of M.Ed Students

Abstract

UNESCO has identified various tensions and crisis of modern society and suggested 4 pillars to be constructed for strengthening the education system. These pillars are: “Learning to Know, Learning to Do, Learning to live together and Learning to be.”The importance of education has been realized by everyone and by every nation. It is quite evident that the strength of the country depends on the strength of education, which in turn depends on the strength efficiency of teachers and the process of teaching. According to Tagore, “The widest road leading to the solution of all our problems is education.” Intelligence is one of the main characteristics that results in individual differences among peoples. This has been attended by humans from many years ago (Bakhtiarpor, 2009). Although study about intelligence has focused on its cognitive aspects such as memory, problem-solving, emotional, social, and spiritual ability have been attended by authors. The role of intelligence tests in predicting academic performance that the effective psychosocial and mental sources has an important role in predicting academic achievement especially in the higher academic levels (Furnham, Chamorro, and Premuzic, 2004).

Correlating spiritual and emotional intelligence with academic performance among Pakistani students

“…It is defined as the ability to recognize the emotions of self and others it helps the person to respond accordingly [9,10]. Jafari [4], Hatami [5], and Rajeswari [11] also explained emotional intelligence in his social intelligence theory by stating that it is the way to understand, accept and react wisely to the emotions of all human beings that may be man, woman, boy or girl [12]. Similarly, spiritual intelligence, leads the learner towards self-actualization, helps them to explore learner hidden and inner capacities and capabilities.…”

“…Emotional Intelligence (EQ) was introduced with intensity and application in the writing of Goleman in his best-selling book "Emotional Intelligence Why It Can Matter More Than IQ" in 1995. It is defined as the ability to recognize the emotions of self and other and respond them accordingly [4,11]. It is considerd as a predictor, a pre-requisite of academic performance as it develops intrinsic motivations among the students of all age, gender, color and cost for both short and long-term achievements [15,16].…”

“…It is considerd as a predictor, a pre-requisite of academic performance as it develops intrinsic motivations among the students of all age, gender, color and cost for both short and long-term achievements [15,16]. It has equal applications at all levels for academic performance and personality development [11]. Farhan and Usman [17] concluded that EQ has indirect effect on academic performance through the mediating role of self-efficacy which further increases learning performance.…”

Religiosity and emotional intelligence on Muslim student learning achievement

“…Previous research has shown many factors affect learning achievement, including motivation [6], emotional intelligence [7]- [9], self-efficacy [10], teachers and schools [5], as well as parents' expectations [11]. Recently, researchers are interested in examining the effect of religiosity [12], [13] and emotional Int J Eval & Res Educ ISSN: 2252-8822  intelligence [14], [15] on learning achievement.…”