Registered Educational Psychologist; Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, at Northwest University (South Africa). Ansie Kitching, Med Psyc. Ansie Kitching (Med Psyc.) Lecturer in Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, at Northwest University, South Africa. Registered Educational Psychologist. Lecture at pre-graduate level in Teacher & Counselor Training and Learner Support and at postgraduate level in Educational Psychology Session Information: Developing Emotional Intelligence in Pre-service Teacher Training. Key Concepts: The presentation will include practical ways used for the development of students' emotional intelligence. South African teachers face many challenges posed by a new inclusive education system - the question is does being emotionally intelligent make it easier ? In South Africa as a developing country teachers face the challenge of building a sustainable educational system that is capable of accommodating children from diverse cultural and socio-economical backgrounds in an inclusive education system. In view of research that indicate that values such as open mindedness, inclusion, respect are more likely to be achieved within a curriculum that fosters the development of emotional intelligence (Sherlock;2003), the development of emotional intelligence was included in the program of students in their fourth year of pre-service training. The results will be presented together with video extracts from the training and student's responses