Sonja Čotar Konrad (Author), Mojca Kukanja-Gabrijelčič (Author)

Abstract

Recognizing giftedness in young preschool children presents an important challenge to all educators. Because giftedness needs nurturing, the aim of the research was to emphasize the importance of gifted children's right to adequate educational opportunities, which will stimulate the optimal development of their potentials. In order to achieve the latter, appropriately qualified preschool teachers are needed, in both diagnostic (the identification of the preschool gifted children) and educational field. The main purpose of the study (N=180) was to analyse professional qualifications and attitudes of preschool teachers in the area of identifying and working with gifted children from age 2 to age 6. The non-experimental causal method was used. The results of the research in Slovenia show the following problems: preschool teachers are inadequately informed about the issues concerning working with gifted children; they tend to have low self-competence in identifying personal characteristics of gifted children and in the appropriate use of teaching strategies when working with them; they stress the necessity for further education and professional training in the field of gifted children education.

Keywords

nadarjeni otroci;vzgojitelji;strokovna usposobljenost;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UP PEF - Faculty of Education Koper
UDC: 159.924:373.2
COBISS: 1538070468 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2149-360X
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Secondary language: Unknown
Secondary keywords: gifted children;preschool teacher;professional qualification;in-service professional training;
Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 65-78
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ3
Issue: ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology: December 2015
ID: 9160006