EDUCAÇÃO EMOCIONAL: pressupostos para pensar a escola, pensar a sociedade sob a perspectiva da inteligência emocional

Abstract

Education is the hope of transformation of a society, and the main weapon of development of the human being. Based on the assumption of an emotionally unstable society, rooted in technique and ignoring the emotional dimensions of the individual and a marked imbalance between reason and emotion, the emotional education applied at school presupposes a necessary tool for the integral formation of the student. An important step towards the solution of the problems facing humanity would recognize and master their own feelings and understand the other. The purpose of this article is to present assumptions to think about school and society from the perspective of emotional intelligence. And the adoption of methods and strategies for educational institutions to develop emotional aptitudes in students. The methodology used was the bibliographical research, centered on the works of Daniel Goleman, and Howard Gardner, with contributions of Edgar Morin, Rui Canário and the theory of Henri Wallon. The analysis showed that raising emotional competences such as: self-awareness, self-control and empathy will enable the learner to deal with feelings of anger, frustration, fear and other disturbing and distressing emotions present in everyday’s life contribute to school learning and, consequently, a culture of peace in society.