The result of a study that it is personality rather than IQ that determines the success and happiness of human beings tells ; Personality is to be emphasized. It is Emotional intelligence that can explain men s personality. Thus, in this study, an Emo...
The result of a study that it is personality rather than IQ that determines the success and happiness of human beings tells ; Personality is to be emphasized. It is Emotional intelligence that can explain men s personality. Thus, in this study, an Emotional intelligence education approach was sought through the horticultural experiences which lead students to nature.
The contents of the paper are threefold; The process of horticultural education at the school is analyzed through literature materials, the relations between horticultural education and Emotional intelligence education is analyzed, and a survey is conducted with teachers who teaches students at each school about their recognition on the introduction of Emotional intelligence education through the horticultural education.
Firstly, on the basis of the analysis result that the Emotional intelligence education is effectively performed through the course of practicum, the necessity of the continuous Emotional intelligence education through developing horticultural programs at the schools for advancing students s Emotional intelligence was suggested.
Secondly, it was analyzed that the goal of the horticultural education from the Seventh Curriculum to the 2007 Amended Curriculum was set as the fulfillment of Emotional intelligence education. However, during the period of the 2009 Amended Curriculum, the factors concerning Emotional intelligence education were reduced due to the tendency of concentrating on practical techniques and methods of horticulture. Therefore, it is required that the goal of horticultural education containing factors of Emotional intelligence education should be reset in order to advance students Emotional intelligence higher through horticultural activities. Thirdly, the result of the survey shows that teachers consider the horticultural education at the schools suitable for the Emotional intelligence education. They think that the education is suitable for the Emotional intelligence education, and the education can be effectively conducted through it. The effective method for the Emotional intelligence education through the horticultural education is to make students have many opportunities to interact with plants as possible as they can. Therefore, such an environment that a school provides a garden for education or a small vegetable garden should be made, that students may contact with nature and live in nature for as many hours as they can.