For the first time ever in Scotland, American author and psychologist, Dr. Daniel Goleman, will offer the keynote address at a conference for education and health workers. The conference is organised by the Scottish Network for Able Pupils in partnership with the Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit, and with the support of Learning and Teaching Scotland, NHS Health Scotland, the Scottish Executive Education Department and the Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being.

Goleman has described the concept of emotional intelligence as a master aptitude that profoundly affects all our other abilities and ultimately how well we do in life. The aims of the conference are to:

promote the concept of emotional intelligence.

consider why it is important to learning and teaching.

reflect on its role in the health promoting school.

suggest some ways in which it might be implemented.

Given that studies are beginning to indicate that emotional intelligence is more closely linked to lifelong success than is IQ, the conference is expected to stimulate significant debate.

Chris Smith, speaking on behalf of the organisers (the Scottish Network for Able Pupils and the Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit), explained, 'Schools have traditionally concentrated on promoting students' cognitive skills and these, of course, remain important but recent research into how we learn is making it clear that it is equally important to develop the emotional skills of students. By inviting Dr Goleman to speak at the conference we hope that these issues will be widely discussed by educational practitioners in Scotland.

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Other Notes

1. Other speakers at the conference on Saturday 21 June include Frank Waters, Senior Educational Psychologist for South Lanarkshire Council and author of ?Lessons for Living? and Professor Bart McGettrick, University of Glasgow, who will talk about parenting and teaching in the modern world.

2. Established in 1995, Scottish Network for Able Pupils is based within the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow. Work with teachers, parents and pupils within an inclusive education framework places it at the forefront of thinking and research into this important area of education.

3. The Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit operates as a partnership between Learning and Teaching Scotland, who host the unit in Dundee, the Health Education Board for Scotland and CoSLA, with the close involvement of the Scottish Executive Education and Health Departments, who also fund the unit. The remit of the unit is to take a key national leadership role in championing, facilitating and supporting the implementation of the health promoting school concept throughout Scotland.

Programme

9.30?10.00 - Registration and refreshments

10.00?10.30 - Welcome from the University of Glasgow

10.30?11.30 - Keynote address: ?Emotional Intelligence? Daniel Goleman

11.30?11.45 - Break

11.45?12.30 - Question and answer session Daniel Goleman

12.30?1.45 - Lunch

1.45?2.30 - ?Emotionally intelligent parenting: the route to emotionally intelligent kids? - Martin Williams: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Dundee

2.30?3.15 - ?Emotional stuckness: some examples of unsticking? - Frank Waters: Senior Educational Psychologist, South Lanarkshire Council

3.15?3.30 - Closing remarks - Professor Bart McGettrick, University of Glasgow

3.30 - Close

First published: 19 June 2003