Rafael Bisquerra is the president of the International Network of Emotional Education and Well-being RIEEB and has been interested for years in emotional education, emotional intelligence and emotional competences and has been interested for years in emotional education, emotional intelligence and emotional competences, that is, everything that relates pedagogy with people's emotions because, how are we going to learn anything if our emotions, for whatever reason, overwhelm us?
According to Bisquerra, emotional education is a construct that encompasses the integral formation of the person. Therefore, it must be a complement that responds to and addresses not only intellectual needs, but also social needs that are often relegated to the background in the academic environment.
Defines emotional intelligence as a person's ability to know and understand one's own emotions and those of others, regulating their affect and using this ability to govern their own thoughts and actions.
Emotional competencies are another of the keys highlighted by Professor Bisquerra, which he himself defines as "basic competencies for life that we need to learn and develop".
Daniel Goleman, one of the creators of the concept of emotional intelligence, proposes a model with five emotional competencies, which are the following:
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Social awareness
- Relationship skills
- Responsible decision making