Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 9
Emotional intelligence
I can manage my emotions appropriately and empathise with others so everyone can be included.
- Year 9
Emotional intelligence
I can manage my emotions appropriately and empathise with others so everyone can be included.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: giving full attention to someone includes standing still and having open body language.
- Think: connecting emotional intelligence with accepting and valuing difference, supports successful leadership.
- Feel: responding to the needs of others with empathy can feel rewarding.
- Connect: addressing the needs of others and including everyone helps leaders build deeper, more meaningful connections.
Keywords
Empathy - understanding how someone else is feeling
Emotional intelligence - the ability to understand and manage your own emotions and to recognise the emotions of others
Inclusion - making sure everyone feels valued and listened to
Common misconception
Pupils think emotional intelligence is simply about being nice or positive and is a fixed trait.
Emotional intelligence is recognising, expressing and managing emotions. It can be developed and improved with practice and feedback.
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Emotional intelligence, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Emotional intelligence, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 3 physical education lessons from the Health and wellbeing: healthy leadership and effective reviewing skills unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
benches, cones
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
