CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF TRAINING FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO WORK WITH GIFTED CHILDREN

The Decree-Law 54/2018 combined with Ordinance 223-A / 2018 - Article 33 regulates the inclusion of gifted students in Portuguese schools. This study aims to investigate primary school teachers` perceptions of giftedness and their experiences of working with gifted children in their regular classes. This is an exploratory study with 13 teachers and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Our participants tended to represent giftedness with an emphasis on the intellectual traits of gifted learners and to adjust their pedagogical approach accordingly. Their assessment practices focused essentially on product-oriented approaches instead of process-oriented approaches. Our findings suggest that there is still a long way to go, especially in terms of formal teacher training, to tailor teaching to the needs and characteristics of gifted learners.

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What does giftedness mean according to teachers?

International Journal of Learning and Teaching ◽

10.18844/ijlt.v8i2.645 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 150 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deniz Ozcan ◽

Furkan Kaya

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Gifted And Talented ◽

Research Study ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Study Data ◽

Ring Theory ◽

Gifted Children ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Talented Students

The purpose of this research study was to determine the primary school in-service teachers’ views about giftedness. Totally 30 primary school in-service teachers had participated in this study. Data was collected via Semi-structured interview form and comparatively tried to be discussed considering some of the most common conceptions of giftedness. Findings indicated that primary school teachers’ views about giftedness and their knowledge about giftedness are inadequate for the realization and the nomination of the gifted children. Keywords: Giftedness, Gifted and Talented Students, Teachers Views, Three Ring Theory.

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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ OPINIONS TOWARDS MUSICALLY GIFTED STUDENTS

Problems of Education in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pec/21.79.133 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 133-161

Author(s):

Vesna Svalina ◽

Blaženka Bačlija Sušić ◽

Goran Lapat

Keyword(s):

Music Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Gifted Students ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Gifted Children ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Teacher Mentor ◽

Further Development

Primary school teachers have an important role in the early identification and further development of a child's musical giftedness. The research was aimed to examine the opinions of primary school classroom teachers (N = 1130) employed in Croatian primary schools regarding conceptualization of musical giftedness and its impact on identification of musically gifted students. Furthermore, their opinions about the support of parents, professional team and collective as well as competencies for recognizing and further development of the child’s musical giftedness were investigated. Although most respondents assess their competencies in identifying musical giftedness, most of the surveyed teachers, especially younger ones, are willing to be additionally trained in this area. They stated that the existing curriculum should be expanded and enriched and stressed the need for more support from the expert assistants (psychologists and pedagogues). In addition to the teachers' age, their title (teacher, teacher mentor and teacher advisor) also proved to be a significant factor in the identification and development of a child's musical giftedness. Findings of research have implications for theory and practice of primary school teacher’s music education and education for work with gifted children both during their higher education and lifelong learning. Keywords: musical giftedness, musically gifted students, primary school teachers, Republic of Croatia

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Gender Differences in Emotional Intelligence: A Comparative Study of Primary School Teachers

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e570452013-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Bhagat Singh ◽

Arun Kumar

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Primary School ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers

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Role of Teachers in Building the Concept of Sustainable Development: Success or Failure

Journal of Applied Research and Multidisciplinary Studies ◽

10.32350/jarms/2020/0101/906 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ayaz Muhammad Khan ◽

Amber Jamshaid ◽

Tayyibah Roohi ◽

Amna Ramzan

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Primary School ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Primary Level ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Role Of Teachers ◽

Major Factors

Sustainable Development (SD) is a rich, challenging and thought-provoking construct in social sciences. The main purpose of this paper was to identify and explore the role played by primary school teachers in building up the idea of sustainable development (SD) among students. This paper was intended to identify that how a teacher can successfully execute the concept of SD by influencing students’ minds at the primary level. Quantitative survey technique were utilized for data collection. All the primary school teachers of Lahore division comprised the population of the study. Through multistage sampling technique, 352 primary school teachers were selected as participants of the study. A self-developed SD questionnaire incorporating four major factors (teachers’ awareness, pedagogy, curricular and co-curricular activities) with Cronbach’s alpha value = .93 was used to measure the role of teachers in building the sustainability concept among students at primary level. The results indicated a significant mean score difference among SD scores of teachers, sector wise (private and public). Furthermore, the results also reconnoitered the significant difference (p=.04) between the mean scores of female and male teachers in building up the SD concept in students’ minds.

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The Performance of Primary School Teachers In the Unit of Education Technical Implementation, Banyumanik, Semarang

JOURNAL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (JTLEE) ◽

10.33578/jtlee.v1i2.5878 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Muhamad Afandi ◽

Sari Yustiana

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Primary School ◽

Learning Process ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Lesson Plans ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Assessment Of Learning ◽

Overall Performance

The purpose of this study is mainly to describe the performance of primary school teachersin the unit of education technical implementation in Banyumanik, Semarang. This researchwas conducted in January- August 2017. The sample of this research is 162 primaryschool teachers selected by random sampling technique in order to get the same opportunityas sample. The instruments used in this study were the assessment sheets, the RatingSheet consisted of 64 items of question, and 3 indicators of Primary School TeacherPerformance. The results show that each of Implementation of lesson plans is categorizedvery well (90, 9%), the execution of the learning is 83.4%, assessment of learning is good(82.8%). The Overall performance of primary school teachers is categorized good( 85 , 7 % ). In other words, the primary school teachers of the unit of education technicalimplementation in Banyumanik Semarang can arrange the lesson plans, carry out learningand teaching process and assess the learning process in elementary school.

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