This study concerns effects of Dado education on the development of infants' emotional quotient(EQ). Infants' EQ has been measured by so-called "Emotional Intelligence Evaluation Tools" developed by Lee, Yongja, et al(2000). These tools comprise 108 paragraphs relating to daily routines at kindergartens and are based upon Mayer and Salovey's(1997) four areas of emotional intelligence, four sub-areas of each, and forty-nine items. The following are results derived from this study. It was found from the total EQ scores displayed that Dado education had positive effects on the group of subjects, enabling on the argue that Dado education is conducive to the development of infants' EQ. In terms of the sub-areas, positive effects were remarkable particularly in infants' emotional recognition and expressions, as in their reflective adjustments of emotions. Psychological stability that infants have obtained through Dado Learning seems to be instrumental in their acquiring abilities to discern their own emotions and accurately perceive their inner feelings as well as to recognize and evaluate their complex feelings. By waiting for tea to be properly brewed in water, carefully pouring it into cups to serve their perrs, and then waiting further, they come to adjust and control their feelings and desires and have a mind to care about others, which makes reflective adjustments of their emotions possible. On the other hand, it was found that Dado education had not had significant effects on such factors as "promotion of thinking power by means of emotion" and "emotional utilization of knowledge". However, positive effects on these two factors may be derived if subjects of a somewhat older age are employed for investigation or if a longer-term program is administered that involves the same subjects.
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