Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Learning Styles-An Exploratory Study on Management Students

Introduction At present, the educational system is significantly influenced by quick divergence in the field of science, communication and information technology in addition with current perception about political, social, economical and cultural issues. In the competitive world, the explosion of science and technology create a need for a person to be more skilful for searching, analyzing and applying the information to the respective field. In order to implement this task, it is essential for person to have cognitive skills along with excitement intelligence and social skills towards education (Sharifi, 2007). As per Gardner’s notion, each and every one has different intelligence level and hence, in the process of learning they can able to interact and compete with one another. This chapter discusses the different aspects related to emotional intelligence and learning styles, the chosen scales as well as the theoretical framework