CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN B. ED STUDENTS

Education is a foundation stone of nation’s intellectual power which shapes the power profile of a nation in the community of world nations, thus, it is rightly said that the progress of a country particularly of a democratic country depends upon the quality of teachers. Teacher education plays an important role not only in development of teaching skills, pedagogical knowledge but also it could play a leading role in the development of professional skills and emotional intelligence among B. Ed students. Co-operative learning is an educational approach that aims to organize classroom activities in to academic and social learning experiences. It is very important for B. Ed students to understand the kind of professional skills they required in this profession and how to develop them by learning co-operatively. It is also important for B. Ed students to understand the concept of emotional intelligence, different factors of emotional intelligence and its importance in their teaching profession Co-operative learning can be one of the options to develop the professional skills and emotional intelligence in secondary teacher trainees