Tahap Kecerdasan Emosi Guru Tadika: Satu Tinjauan di Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam (PASTI) [Level of Emotional Intelligence among Kindergarten Teachers: A Survey at Pusat Asuhan Tunas Islam (PASTI)]

Abstract

Pengendalian kecerdasan emosi dalam diri guru membantu pertumbuhan mental yang sihat dalam memberikan pendidikan yang terbaik untuk kanak-kanak. Terdapat lima domain dalam kecerdasan emosi yang dikaji iaitu kebolehan guru mengenali emosi, pengurusan emosi guru, motivasi guru, empati guru dan perhubungan sosial guru. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengkaji tahap kecerdasan emosi yang terdapat dalam diri guru tadika menurut persepsi guru tadika. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan menggunakan borang kaji selidik telah diaplikasikan dalam kajian ini. Seramai 110 orang guru tadika daripada tadika PASTI di kawasan Kuantan dan Paya Besar telah terlibat dalam kajian ini. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan min, peratus dan sisihan piawai melalui aplikasi Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Versi 23. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kecerdasan emosi guru tadika di PASTI adalah tinggi. Namun begitu, dalam konteks kecerdasan emosi, guru meletakkan sifat empati yang tinggi ketika berhadapan dengan kanak-kanak berbanding mementingkan pengurusan emosi mereka sendiri. Kajian ini memberi implikasi kepada guru bahawa kemahiran kecerdasan emosi guru tadika penting dalam menghadapi kanak-kanak setiap hari. Pengurusan emosi adalah konstruk yang perlu dititikberatkan bagi membantu guru faham akan emosi mereka sendiri dan mampu membina interaksi sihat dan selamat dengan kanak-kanak.

Managing the emotional intelligence in teachers supports healthy mental growth to provide the best education for children. There are five domains in emotional intelligence in this study which are teachers' ability to recognize emotions, teacher's emotional management, teacher's motivation, teacher's empathy and teacher's social relationships. This study was conducted to examine the level of emotional intelligence found in kindergarten teachers according to the perception of kindergarten teachers. A quantitative approach using a survey form has been applied in this study. There were 110 kindergarten teachers from PASTI kindergartens in the Kuantan and Paya Besar areas who were involved in this study. The data obtained was analyzed using the mean, percentage and standard deviation through the application of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 23. The findings of the study show that the level of emotional intelligence of kindergarten teachers at PASTI is high. However, in the context of emotional intelligence, teachers place a high level of empathy when dealing with children rather than caring about their own emotional management. This study gives implications for teachers that kindergarten teachers' emotional intelligence skills are important in dealing with children every day. Emotional management is a construct that needs to be emphasized to help teachers understand their own emotions to build healthy and safe interactions with children.