CREATIVELY GIFTED STUDENTS AND THEIR PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT

Psycho-Pedagogical and Educational Aspects of Gifted Students, Starting from the Preschool Age; How Can Their Needs Be Best Met?

Giftedness responds in people from infancy through adulthood. Although research has recognised the early years in a gifted child’s future development and learning as critical, preschool teachers and school psychologists of this population have limited knowledge about the expression and special characteristics of giftedness at this stage of development. Due to the fact that gifted children have ...

Gifted and talented students

Optimising the Learning of Gifted Aboriginal Students

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (2000) “Education for All” goals, all students are entitled to opportunities to fulfil their potential. This implies that appropriate programs need to be in place for all children, especially gifted Aboriginal students. Accordingly, this means that all educational institutions in Australia have an obligation to ...

IRF and ISRF Sequences and their Anti-Pedagogical Value

Initiation, Response, and Feedback(IRF) sequences are the most frequent interaction network in any classroom contexts. IRF sequences have been examined profusely in previous studies and were reported to be negatively correlated with participation opportunities (Kasper, 2006; Cazden, 2001; Ellis, 1994).In all these studies, all contingent factors of any classroom context which might influence in...

Identifying stressors and reactions to stressors in gifted and non-gifted students

Using the Student Life Stress Inventory and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, stressors and reactions to stressors were identified in gifted high school students and compared with non-gifted students. Altogether, 340 boys and girls (156 gifted and 184 non-gifted students) from four high schools in Shiraz (two high schools for gifted and two for non-gifted students) took part. Although ther...