A study on the effect of spiritual intervention on spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction among teachers

Pages:584-587
Priya Magesh and Jose Amaldoss A. (Department of Counselling Psychology, Madras School of Social Work, Egmore, Chennai)

As a developing nation, India is in a quest and tremendous pressure to lead a competition in this 21st century. This competition requires taking steps in order to achieve the next level of growth and thus realizing national aspiration to achieve vision 2020.Nation needs sufficient amount of skilled and qualified workforce in various fields in order to achieve developed nation status by the year 2020. To create such a workforce, a very good education system as well as excellent and competent teachers in various fields are required. To attain the national aspiration, education is important factor and teachers play a pivotal role in ensuring the victory. A teacher is an acknowledged guide or helper in the process of learning. A quality teacher is who fulfills the responsibilities to produce knowledgeable and trained workforces as well as create a national identity and instill high national spirit and integrity among people to foster national unity. The study aims to analyze the impact of Spiritual intervention on Spiritual Intelligence and life Satisfaction among School teachers. Accordingly a group of 40 school teachers were selected for baseline assessment. A sample of 30 school teachers, scoring low on spiritual intelligence were selected for intervention.15 school teachers were randomly assigned to experimental group and 15 in to control group. The pre and post training data on spiritual intelligence and Life satisfaction are discussed. The implications of the results for intervention are discussed.