Emotional literacy is a term that emerged in the early 1970s as part of an educational initiative emphasizing humanistic approaches to schooling. It has often been used in parallel with, and sometimes interchangeably as, the term emotional intelligence, though the source literature treats the two as related rather than identical concepts.
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Core ClaimEmotional literacy is the ability to understand your own emotions, to listen to and empathize with the emotions of others, and to express emotions productively, in a way that increases personal power and improves relationships and the sense of community around you. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Emotional Literacy
Wikimedia FoundationDefinition section, quoting Steiner (1997)
Emotional literacy is made up of 'the ability to understand your emotions, the ability to listen to others and empathise with their emotions, and the ability to express emotions productively. To be emotionally literate is to be able to handle emotions in a way that improves your personal power and improves the quality of life around you. Emotional literacy improves relationships, creates loving possibilities between people, makes co-operative work possible, and facilitates the feeling of community.'
Definition section, sentence introducing the Steiner quote
The term was used extensively by Claude Steiner (1997) who wrote:
Associated With: Emotional Intelligence, Lead section, first sentence
The term emotional literacy has often been used in parallel to, and sometimes interchangeably with, the term emotional intelligence. However, there are important differences between the two.
In Approach: Humanism, Lead paragraph
In the early 1970s, emotional literacy was noted as part of a project that advocated for humanistic education.
In Group: Emotion, Anxiety and Wellbeing in Learning, Lead
The term emotional literacy has often been used in parallel to, and sometimes interchangeably with, the term emotional intelligence.
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