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Articulating Service Learning And Brain Theory: Fostering Emotional Intelligence in the Community College Classroom (2004-2005 MIL Fellowship) |
contact |
Roselyn Turner (Estrella Mountain Community College) roselyn.turner@emcmail.maricopa.edu |
college(s) |
Estrella Mountain Community College |
discipline(s) |
Communication |
summary |
The purpose of this project is to increase student learning by implementing instructional practices that foster Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the community college Service Learning (SL) classroom. |
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(Abstract) It all began with a "pleasure reading" of Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Conversation with the Dalai Lama, narrated by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence. This extraordinary collaboration between Buddhist scholars and Western psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers explored the causes and effects of emotions on the human brain and subsequent behaviors. "Each of us has the capacity to shift our moods, at least a bit…" and "…change the ratio of right-to-left activation in the prefrontal areas that offers a barometer of the moods we are likely to feel day to day." "... brain shift during compassion ... The very act of concern for others' well-being, it seems, creates a greater state of well-being within oneself" (Goleman, 2003). A significant implication of these findings is that being compassionate and helping others can restore emotions that are appropriate to situations and even alleviate depression. Researching and utilizing the pedagogy of Service Learning in my community college classroom over the past six years, I knew of its many benefits to students. Service Learning positively impacts cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning (Hamner, 2002; Mann & Patrick, 2000). It promotes communication and critical thinking skills (Fogarty, 1997). It also creates reciprocal student and teacher motivation (Turner, 2002). But, do students who engage in Service Learning improve in Emotional Intelligence? Can educators impact their students' Emotional Intelligence? These questions became the two phases for the research project that I conducted in 2004-05 as a Fellow in the Maricopa Institute of Learning (MIL) program based upon the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) model. This article highlights the impact of Service Learning on Emotional Intelligence, and the researcher's efforts to foster Emotional Intelligence in two separate Small Group Communication classes at Estrella Mountain Community College in Arizona. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
web links |
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mil/ http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mil/fellows.php?what=bio&yr=5&id=5 |
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Final Report (document) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below. |
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Last modified: Oct-28-2005 Date created: Oct-28-2005 Visitor count: 4922 Dublin Core Metadata record  This package is included in the Maricopa Institute for Learning Final Reports special collection. |
Maricopa Learning eXchange
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1779
