The Role of Teacher in the Development of Student’s Social Intelligence at Secondary Level

Authors

  • BiBi Aiman MPhil Education, Monitoring Officer, Independent Monitoring Department of Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Keywords:

Social intelligence, SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences), Secondary level

Abstract

To enhance the educational quality by identifying the role and level of social intelligence of teachers in developing the student’s social intelligence, the researcher conducted a study in the Tehsil Babozai of District swat. The main objectives of the study were to investigate the level of student’s social intelligence, the level of teacher’s social intelligence and to investigate teacher’s role in the development of student’s social intelligence. The population for the study included all the female government secondary schools of tehsil babozai and the students of grade (9th and 10th) and teachers teaching to those students. The sample selected by simple random sampling technique. The quantitative approach used to collect the data with the help of questionnaires. Collected data analyzed through SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences) version 22. The result shows that students have elevated level of social intelligence as compared to the teachers and that there is no significant role of teachers in developing student’s social intelligence. The study recommends that teachers must have to work upon their social intelligence level by using its various dimensions. The teachers must have to create such a personality of them which can also enhance the level of social intelligence of students.

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2022-09-30

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Aiman , B. (2022). The Role of Teacher in the Development of Student’s Social Intelligence at Secondary Level. International Research Journal of Education and Innovation, 3(3), 28–32. Retrieved from https://irjei.com/index.php/irjei/article/view/174