EMOTİONAL LİTERACY AS A PREDİCTOR OF TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE AT PRİMARY SCHOOL LEVEL İN CENTRAL PUNJAB

Abstract

Emotional literacy is education of emotions and is necessary for teachers especially for multicultural societies, where teachers face many problems in classroom. Pakistan is multicultural country and teachers need to be stable in emotions. The objective of the study was to determine the predictive relationship betwween  emotional literacy and teachers’ performance. Quantitative approach and correlational research design was employed in this study. Population of the study was primary school teachers including male and female of districts: Sargodha and Hafizabad. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. There was significant effect of emotional literacy on teachers’ performance.The female teachers were better in emotional literacy than male primary schools’ teachers. District Hafizabad primary teachers were better in emotional literacy than primary schools’ teachers of district Sargodha. The study suggested that there is need to include content related to emotional literacy in curriculum for prospective teachers and also to make the part of induction and in-service teacher’s trainings.