Investigating the Role of Emotional Intelligence in Enhancing Teachers’ Performance in the Classroom

Abstract

The present study anchored its investigation into the role of emotional intelligence in enhancing teachers' performance in the classroom. The major aim was to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and teacher's effectiveness among secondary school teachers of English in Jijel. Therefore, it was hypothesized that there is no significant relationship between teachers of English emotional intelligence and their teaching performance. A quantitative research approach was adopted to test the hypothesis through a correlational method. For the purpose of gathering the necessary data, two data collection instruments were employed, namely, the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test by Schutte et al. (2009), and a teaching competency scale questionnaire delivered to 45 secondary school teachers of English in Jijel. After obtaining the raw data, IBM SPSS software version 28 was used to process the scores into interpretable forms