Formation of emotional intelligence of students of art specialities in conditions of blended learning

Abstract

Studying the prerequisites for the formation of emotional intelligence of students of art specialties as a determinant of successful professional activity in the method of blended learning acquires particular importance in today's conditions. On the one hand, this is due to the external stress factors in which Ukrainian students are. And on the other hand – the ability to independently regulate the internal mechanisms of emotional states, which are central to the course of such mental processes as memory, attention, thinking, perception, and will. The article analyzes the theses on theories of emotional intelligence. Based on the awareness of the components of EI: empathy, self-awareness, the ability to manage destructive emotions, conditions are created for the organization of mental processes that actually turn into practical activities. Attention is focused on the concept of emotional intelligence by                                      D. Goleman, which has become widespread due to practical recommendations on the way to emotional literacy and proposed preventive measures in the «Creative Conflict Resolution Program». The choice for a detailed analysis of the components of the concept of “emotional intelligence” allows us to find out the student's emotional readiness for learning through the prism of categories: anxiety, optimism, self-efficacy, inspiration, and to propose methods for optimizing students' independent work in blended learning. It is revealed that self-awareness of internal emotional processes and the ability to regulate them ensures effective inclusion in educational activity, is an important condition of the creative process, is a determinant of the development and self-perfection of the personality of students of art specialties. The appeal to a systematic approach in considering the «soft» skills of students as leading competencies that are formed throughout life is justified by this search. It is noted that the program of emotional intelligence development is implemented in many countries of the world at all levels of the educational process as a necessary aspect in the formation of basic general competencies of the individual.