Open Access6: THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING
Author(s) -
Rosier Tamara
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2011.tb00623.x
Subject(s) - coaching , social intelligence , psychology , social skills , process (computing) , medical education , social psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , developmental psychology , computer science , medicine , psychotherapist , operating system
Some faculty members seem to lack the social intelligence or relational skills needed to successfully “read” and respond to their students. This chapter describes the process of developing social intelligence skills in one faculty member. During a series of ten coaching sessions, there was demonstrable change in the faculty member's behavior and a self‐reported increase in his social intelligence skills. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that social intelligence can be developed, and it has the potential to have a positive effect on teaching practices and faculty success.