To what extent and how Emotional Intelligence could be taught?What can we do to improve emotional intelligence?

PYU513 Week 12

Activity 1: Emotional Resilience and Emotional Intelligence: Focus Groups Activity

⦁ In groups of 5-6 through zoom breakout rooms: 1 to be the interviewer, 2 to be the notetaker, and 3-4 to be the participants (5 min)

⦁ Each Online Focus Groups should last no longer than 15 min

FG schedule

⦁ How would you demonstrate emotional resilience at work placement? What would you do?
⦁ Why emotional resilience may be important to your work placement experience? Why not?
⦁ What can you do to remain emotional resilient at work/ work placement?
⦁ What does Emotional Intelligence mean to you? What does it involve?
⦁ Why Emotional Intelligence may be important at work? Work placement experience? Why not?
⦁ How would you demonstrate an emotionally intelligent behaviour at work / work placement? What would you do?
⦁ To what extent and how Emotional resilience could be taught? What can we do to improve emotional resilience?
⦁ To what extent and how Emotional Intelligence could be taught?What can we do to improve emotional intelligence?

⦁ Consider notes and make conclusions – What are the main findings? (20 min)

⦁ What is your definition of emotional resilience?

⦁ What is your definition of emotional intelligence?