PENGARUH KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL (EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT) DAN LITERASI EKONOMI TERHADAP KESIAPAN MENGAJAR (TEACHING READINESS)

THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ) AND ECONOMIC LITERACY ON TEACHING READINESS 

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh kecerdasan emosional (emotional quotient) dan literasi ekonomi terhadap kesiapan mengajar (teaching readiness) mahasiswa Prodi S1 Pendidikan Ekonomi Universitas Negeri Surabaya Angkatan 2018 dan 2019. Data penelitian diambil dari 86 mahasiswa yang dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan permodelan persamaan struktural (SEM) pendekatan WarpPLS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kecerdasan emosional memiliki pengaruh terhadap literasi ekonomi, semakin tinggi tingkat kecerdasan emosional mahasiswa maka literasi ekonomi mahasiswa juga semakin tinggi. Begitu juga dengan variabel kecerdasan emosional berpengaruh terhadap kesiapan mengajar, sehingga semakin tinggi kecerdasan emosional mahasiswa maka kesiapan mengajarnya semakin baik. Akan tetapi untuk variabel literasi ekonomi tidak berpengaruh terhadap kesiapan mengajar, sehingga mahasiswa yang mempunyai tingkat literasi ekonomi tinggi, sedang maupun rendah tidak berpengaruh terhadap tingkat kesiapan mengajarnya. Dengan demikian variabel literasi ekonomi tidak memediasi pengaruh antara variabel kecerdasan emosional terhadap kesiapan mengajar mahasiswa Prodi S1 Pendidikan Ekonomi Universitas Negeri Surabaya Angkatan 2018 dan 2019.

Kata Kunci : kecerdasan emosional, literasi ekonomi, kesiapan mengajar

This study aims to analyze the effect of emotional intelligence (emotional quotient) and economic literacy on teaching readiness of students of the 2018 and 2019 Economics Education Study Program students, State University of Surabaya. The research data were taken from 86 students who were analyzed using a quantitative approach with structural equation modeling. (SEM) WarpPLS approach. The results showed that emotional intelligence has an influence on economic literacy, the higher the level of emotional intelligence of students, the higher the economic literacy of students. Likewise, emotional intelligence variables affect teaching readiness, so the higher the emotional intelligence of students, the better their teaching readiness. However, the economic literacy variable has no effect on teaching readiness, so students who have high, medium or low levels of economic literacy have no effect on their level of teaching readiness. Thus, the economic literacy variable does not mediate the influence of emotional intelligence on teaching readiness for students of the 2018 and 2019 S1 Economics Education Study Program students, State University of Surabaya.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Economic Literacy, Teaching Readiness.