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Gifted Children and Education: An Educational Approach

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In this paper we investigate the case of gifted children and their position in the field of education. Many definitions have been given to gifted children (from a national, special pedagogical, functional or illustrative point of view) and even the word «charisma», as it is characteristically called, was acknowledged as a term after a 34-year-effort. Various scientists, such as Renzulli, Gardner, and Heller, tried to approach and define charisma and charismatic children. The aim of this research is to determine the characteristics of gifted children, the difficulties they encounter in each level, the causes of the difficulties and the kind of education for these children. The practices of differentiated teaching and flexible curriculum are criticized for the difficulty of evaluating their application throughout the educational process on gifted children. In conclusion, gifted children or students with high skills need respect and treatment not as a minority nor with an elitist mentality. The desideratum is to find out how many children need adapted education, whether they have a high level of perceptiveness or not. If they can acquire knowledge through a tailored to their needs, interdisciplinary, material-enriched kind of education along with a suitable prior Curriculum adaptation, then the education will be effective as it will manage to cover their needs.

Published in Education Journal (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20200904.14
Page(s) 112-115
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Keywords

Gifted Children, Charisma, Education, Differentiated Teaching

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  • Department of Secondary Education, Regional Unit of West Attica, Athens, Greece

  • Economics in Aspropyrgos Vocational School, Educational Management & Leadership, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus?, ?EU, Aspropyrgos, Greece

  • Special Education, European University of Cyprus, Educational Management & Leadership, University of Roma Tres, Rome, Italy

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