Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Figure 2. 11

2.11 Adult Learning and EI Theorists: Relationship to Illeris Learning Domains

Note: Adapted fromPress. How We Learn by K. Illeris, p 257. Copyright 2007 by Roskilde University

EI and Experiential/Situated Learning
This section focuses on EI in an experiential and situated milieu. While Piaget
and especially Kolb were concerned primarily with the cognitive aspects of learning,
Illeris (2007) introduced the incentive dimension of learning, which focuses on emotions,
motivation, and volition. In referring to five levels of emotional awareness that draw on
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, Lane (2000) noted that level five is “the
capacity to appreciate [emotional] complexity in the experiences of the self and others”