Abstract
The article discusses the features of the process of developing the skills of the XXI century in the educational space of a modern school. Emotional intelligence is a key skill of the future. After studying the theoretical aspects of the problem, the experience of developing “soft skills” is revealed. Since emotional intelligence in education requires a comprehensive study, in the article we consider the theoretical foundations of the need for the formation of emotional intelligence of schoolchildren, with an emphasis on the means of self-knowledge and cognition of emotional development in a modern school. The interpretation of the search and the choice of the research implementation is given, which are aimed at the analysis of emotional intelligence with the installation of the problems of necessity and the possibility of their solution in the conditions of modern school. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in order to identify both positive and negative sides of the studied problem: it was found that it is possible to obtain positive dynamics according to all evaluation criteria that allow students to control the development of a high level of emotional intelligence by using a model of emotional intelligence formation, which includes effective support technologies aimed at supporting emotional behavior. Having found the relationship between emotional intelligence and intellectual development, it is proposed to set tasks for a modern school and its teachers to introduce new technologies that allow developing emotional intelligence. In terms of research special attention should be paid to the emotional culture of teachers, which should be transformative and defined as one of the professional competencies of a teacher. The article recommends reviewing the requirements of educational standards and curricula in terms of the introduction of subject-based development of soft skills.