Emotional Intelligence And Digital Literacy On Professional Competence Of Basic Education Teacher

Abstract

The sudden digitization of instructional delivery is caused by global pandemic, consequently, numerous challenges were encountered by teachers on the use of digital technology in the instructional processes.  Hence, this conceptualized the study on teachers’ professional competence, digital literacy and emotional intelligence.  The study involved 300 basic education teachers from three Districts of Maramag for school year 2022-2023.  The study utilized descriptive-correlational design to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and digital literacy on the professional competence of teachers.  Results revealed that the emotional intelligence of teachers are evident most of the time, it showed that they know how to handle their emotions and feelings and manage to understand the emotions of others. Likewise, teachers have knowledge and skills in technology operations and pedagogical competence since they utilize digital technologies and tools in their teaching practice, specifically, technology operation and pedagogical competence, this is an indication that they have high level of digital literacy.   Finally, teachers denote high professional competence, particularly in planning, development, and teaching-result. Furthermore, results showed that emotional intelligence and digital literacy had a significant relationship with teachers' professional competence. Among the sub-variables such as social skills, technological operations, and concepts had the highest mean, indicating that teachers exhibited these emotions and were highly literate in digital technology. Moreover, predictors of professional competence are the following self-awareness, motivation, managing emotions, social skills, and technological operations and concepts.  The findings highlighted the significance of emotional intelligence and digital literacy on professional competence.  Teachers who exhibited high levels of emotional intelligence and digital literacy were more competent in the classroom while the students experienced positive learning outcomes.