Emotional Education
Rafael Bisquerra defines Emotional Education as an educational process, which is continuous and ongoing, that aims to enhance emotional development as an essential complement to cognitive development, both of which are essential elements in the comprehensive individual’s personality growth. For this purpose, it proposes the knowledge and skills training on emotions in order to enable the individual to better face the challenges that arise in everyday life. All of this is aimed at increasing personal and social well-being.
At International School Peniscola we understand that Emotional Education is a continuous and permanent educational process, since it must be present throughout the academic curriculum and in lifelong learning throughout life.
Emotional Education is present in all educational stages, developing strategies for prevention and emotional literacy.
OUR EMOTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PURSUES THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:
- To promote the integral development of children.
- Provide strategies for the development of emotional competencies for the balance and empowerment of self-esteem.
- Foster attitudes of respect, tolerance and prosociality.
- Strengthen the capacity for effort and motivation to work.
- Build tolerance to frustration.
- To encourage self-knowledge and knowledge of others.
- Improving the ability to relate to oneself and to others in a satisfactory way for oneself and for others.
- Developing the control of impulsivity.
- To favor the quantity and quality of group interactions for the improvement of the relational climate of the class and group cohesion.
EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES THAT WE DEVELOP IN OUR EMOTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM:
- Emotional awareness: This involves becoming aware of one’s own emotional state and expressing it through verbal and/or non-verbal language, as well as recognizing the feelings and emotions of others.
- Emotional regulation: The ability to regulate impulses and unpleasant emotions, to tolerate frustration and to know how to wait for rewards.
- Self-esteem: Self-esteem is the way we evaluate ourselves. One’s self-image (self-concept) is a necessary step for the development of empathy. At this age the child begins to know him/herself with the help of others and their acceptance contributes to his/her own self-esteem.
- Social-emotional skills: Recognizing the feelings and emotions of others, helping others to feel good, developing empathy, maintaining good interpersonal relationships (communication, cooperation, collaboration, teamwork, conflict resolution in a positive way, etc.).
- Basic life skills: Experiencing well-being in everyday things at school, in leisure time, with friends, in family and social activities.
