REINFORCEMENT OF INTELLIGENT QUATIENT AND EMOTIONAL QUATIENT DEVELOPMENT WITH BUDDHADHAMMA

Abstract

The objectives of this dissertation were: 1) To study the reinforcement of development in intellectual and emotional ability, 2) To study the Buddhist principles concerming the reinforcement of development in intellectual and emotional  ability, 3) to integrate the reinforcement of development in intellectual and emotional ability with  Buddhist principles, and 4) To propose guidelines and a new body of knowledge in a model of the reinforcement of development in intellectual and emotional ability  with the  Buddhist principles. The data of this qualitative study were collected from in-depth interviews with 16 experts.

            The result of the study were found that :

1. According to the western theory, the development of intellectual can occur appropriately in each step of age. The emotional development is to know the emotion of oneself or of the others and to adjust oneself and treat oneself and the others appropriately.
2. The Buddhist principles used in reinforcement of intellectual abilility consist of the 4 principles of Bhavana and the principles of  yonisomanasikara. The intellectual ability can be developed by the principles of Kalyanamitta, Carita and Sappaya.
3. The integration of the reinforcement of development in intellectual and emotional ability according to the western theory with the Buddhist principles reveals that the concept of development in intellectual and emotional ability is relevant to the principles of Buddhism.

          4. The model obtained from the integration is "MEW MODEL" The model consists of  Morelity, Ethics and Wisdom.