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Difficulties in Defining Social-Emotional Intelligence, Competences and Skills - a Theoretical Analysis and Structural Suggestion
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Abstract Demands related to the frequency of and time required for interactional
tasks in everyday occupational routines are continuously growing. When it comes to
qualifying a person’s ability to interact with others, two prototypical concepts are
often used: social competences and emotional intelligence... view more
Demands related to the frequency of and time required for interactional
tasks in everyday occupational routines are continuously growing. When it comes to
qualifying a person’s ability to interact with others, two prototypical concepts are
often used: social competences and emotional intelligence. In connection to discussions
about curriculum standards in Germany, these are viewed as important attributes
that should be taught, supported and if possible assessed in educational pathways
toward an occupation (KMK, 2007). However, in looking for a generally approved
and widely used definition, many problems arise on the inter-conceptual and
intra-conceptual level, triggering implementation difficulties in educational curricula.
This article highlights these difficulties by selecting five well-established key
theories and comparing their communalities and differences. Analyzing definitions
of intelligence, competences and skills, taking an action regulation perspective and
highlighting the interdependence of social and emotional aspects, a structural system
to facilitate the transfer into the educational context is proposed.... view less
Keywords
capacity to act; interaction; professionalization; Federal Republic of Germany; vocational education; communication skills; social relations; curriculum; altruistic behavior; emotionality; social competence
Classification
Curriculum, Teaching, Didactics
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Applied Psychology
Free Keywords
emotional intelligence; social skills; action regulation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 60-84
Journal
International journal for research in vocational education and training, 2 (2015) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.2.1.4
ISSN
2197-8646
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works