Teaching Aptitude in Relation to Emotional Intelligence of Pupil Teachers

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to study teaching aptitude in relation to emotional intelligence of pupil teachers. The sample comprises of 200 pupil teachers selected from four Colleges of Education in Ghaziabad. In order to collect the requisite data, Mangal Emotional Intelligence Inventory (2004) by S. K. Mangal and S. Mangal and; Teaching Aptitude Test (2001) by S. C. Gakhar and Rajnish were administrated in selected pupil teachers. Data were analyses with the statistical technique of correlation and t test. The result revealed that there was a significant positive, moderate correlation between teaching aptitude and emotional intelligence of pupil teachers and there was no significant difference between male and female pupil teachers in teaching aptitude.