October Bibliography Summary

October Bibliography

Darwin B. Nelson, Gary R. Low. (2011). Emotional Intelligence: achieving academic and career excellence in college and life. Boston: Prentice Hall.

E. Paulette Isaac, Lisa R. Merriweather, and Elice E. Rogers. (2010). Chasing the American Dream: Race and Adult and ContinuingEducation. In A. D.-G. Carol E Kasworm, HAndbook of Adult and Continuing Education (pp. 359-368). Los Angeles: Sage.

Gerald Matthews, PhD, Moshe Zeidner, PhD, Richard D. Roberts, PhD. (2012). Emotional Intelligence 101. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

H.C. Janeke, A. Murphy. (2009). The Relationship Between Thinking Styles and Emotional Intelligence: an Exploratory Study. South African Journal of Psychology, 39(3), 357-375.

Harrison College. (2012, October 12). Share/Harrison College/Academics/Program and Course Resources/PSY 1050 Course Outline. Retrieved from Share/Harrison College: http://share.harrison.edu/operations/academics/Program%20Development/default.aspx

Inscape Publishing, Inc. (2006). Evertyhing DiSC Facilitation System. Minneapolis, MN: Inscape Publishing, Inc.

John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, David Caruso. (2004). Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Findings, and Implications. Psychological Inquiry, 15(3), 197-215.

Kathryn Jane Gardner, Pamela Qualter,and HelenWhiteley. (2011). Developmental correlatesof emotional intelligence: Temperament, family environment, and childhood trauma. Australian Journal of Psychology, 63, 75-82.

Mavroveli Stella, Sanchez-Ruiz Maria Jose. (2011). Trait emotional intelligence influences on academic achievement and school behaviour. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 112-134.

Share/Harrison College/Academics/Program and Course Resources/PSY 1050 Course Syllabus. (2012, October 12). Retrieved from Share.Harrison.edu: http://share.harrison.edu/operations/academics/Program%20Development/Course%20Materials/1/Approved%20Course%20Materials/PSY1050%20-%20Strategies%20for%20Success/PSY1050%20-%20Strategies%20for%20Success.pdf

Tice, L. (2007). PX2 Facilitator Manual. Seattle, Washington, USA: The Pacific Institute,Inc.

Tice, L. (2012, October 12). The Pacific Institute: Education. Retrieved from The Pacific Institute: http://www.thepacificinstitute.us/v2/index.php?name=education

My primary focus this month has been in the program comparison and in the development of a syllabus.  My program comparison used a program of the Pacific Institute, which provides some of the material used in the first course.  Generally, this program is a twelve session course which is designed to help the participants begin to understand the differences between perspectives.  It also explores the problems participants experience when they begin to think in new ways.  It also deals with choosing which messages we believe and act on.  It also deals with positive mental attitude and intrapersonal communication.  Additionally, it deals with the formation of beliefs and focuses participants onpersonal visualization of alternative future events.

My secondary comparison was to examine a program at a campus where I currently teach.  The program is designed to introduce students to the challenges of college.  The material focuses on developing a positive mental attitude, and becoming aware of the influences which challenge learners in their attempt to complete a college education.  This course introduces the students to a self evaluation tool called the DiSC program which provides a personality trait analysis.  Students are engaged in the evaluation and then in the process of evaluating their results.  This program also deals with many of the same issues the first program does, but expands the emphasis into areas of college academic and career success.

The second major project was to prepare a syllabus to be used in a course designed to deal with teaching emotional intelligence to adults.  The course development used many of the sources I referenced in the past, but also required that I refer to sources to locate texts to use as a basis for this syllabus.

I chose the texts that I did through using a tool available from a variety of different publishers.  This tool includes being able to view the texts online as I am preparing for the course.  The first text is the text by Nelson and Low which allows for a practical application of emotional intelligence to college and career life.   The second text includes an understanding of what emotional intelligence is.