The dissertation is devoted to the problem of psychological and pedagogical means of high school students' emotional intelligence development, which is relevant for Pedagogical and Age Psychology.
The paper presents an analysis of scientific and theoretical concepts and approaches of studying the problem of emotional intelligence in psychological and pedagogical research, reveals the essence of high school students emotional intelligence concept. High school students emotional intelligence is seen as a structural phenomenon, the mental components of which allow you to understand your emotions and the emotions of others, to realize them and manage them. The ways and prospects of high school students' emotional intelligence development by psychological and pedagogical means in the conditions of the educational process.
It is proved that the level of high school students' emotional intelligence is low and medium, so it needs a formative effect. No significant difference was found between urban and rural high school students' emotional intelligence. Factor and correlation analysis was performed of studying ascertaining stage results , which allowed to create an 8-Factor Model of high school students' emotional intelligence, which formed the following indicators: cognitive-physiological, mood, studying, volitional self-regulation, empathy, self-control, emotional balance, managing the emotions of others.
Within the program of high school students' emotional intelligence development by psychological and pedagogical means the Author's Program "Developing emotional intelligence" and the Author's Integrated Course of high school students' emotional intelligence development by English lesson means were introduced, which were procedurally strengthened by psychological exercises, various forms of individual and group work.
Testing the effectiveness of applied psychological and pedagogical tools showed statistically significant positive changes in the following factors of high school students' emotional intelligence Factor Model: general level of emotional intelligence, understanding of emotions (in general), interpersonal emotional intelligence, understanding own emotions, managing own emotions, understanding emotions of others', managing the emotions of others, control of expression, empathy, emotional balance.
