On a Programme for Stimulating the Elementary Pupil's Emotional Intelligence through the Educational Process

Although specific studies devoted to emotional intelligence are increasingly numerous and documented, the Romanian school seems to keep moving forward ignoring the pupils’ emotional needs. Aspects such as self-confidence, emotional self-control, empathy, motivation and socialization rarely constitute the object of the teachers’ systematic, long-term concerns. Starting from theoretical assumptions (emotional intelligence is crucial for success in life and it can be acquired), the authors aim at an experimental programme for stimulating the elementary pupil's emotional intelligence, focused basically on integrating the ABC cognitive model (in the educational process for Romanian Language and Literature, and Counseling and Orientation).