DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENGINEERING STUDENTS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

Pyatibratova Inna Viktorovna, Yakusheva Oksana Vladimirovna, Aleksina Tatyana Vladimirovna

The article examines the theoretical and practical aspects of developing emotional intelligence in students with disabilities in technical universities. The specific difficulties of forming emotional competence in the conditions of engineering education are analyzed. The results of an empirical study of the effectiveness of an integrative program for developing emotional intelligence, which includes methods and techniques of dance-movement therapy, cognitive-behavioral technologies, group trainings, role-playing games, project activities, and digital tools, are presented. The study showed a statistically significant improvement in the indicators of emotional intelligence (in particular, the components of self-knowledge, self-regulation, and empathy) in students with disabilities after the implementation of the program. In addition, there was a decrease in anxiety levels and an increase in social adaptation among the participants. The results of the study confirm the high effectiveness of the proposed integrative approach and indicate its practical significance for improving inclusive education in technical universities. This study confirms the effectiveness of an integrative program for developing emotional intelligence in students with disabilities. The authors suggest that the development of emotional intelligence can be a key factor in the successful academic and professional adaptation of students with disabilities in technical universities. The integration of emotional intelligence development programs into the educational process contributes to the creation of an inclusive environment, the development of personal potential, and the formation of competitive technical specialists. Further work can serve as a basis for developing differentiated methods for developing emotional intelligence, taking into account the nosology of students and the specifics of technical specialties, as well as for introducing digital tools into the process of developing emotional competence.

Keywords:emotional intelligence, inclusive education, students with disabilities, technical universities, integrative approach, dance and movement therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and social adaptation