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- Title
Encouraging the Development of a Potentially Gifted Child in the Croatian Preschool Curriculum.
- Authors
Vekić-Kljaić, Višnja; Mlinarević, Vesnica
- Abstract
Early identification is an important factor of the development of giftedness. The research was aimed at encouraging the development of a potentially gifted child in the preschool curriculum. It was conducted in the Osijek Kindergarten (the Republic of Croatia) during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 pedagogical years, including a boy (M), his parents and teachers. Action research methodology with ethnographic elements was used here. The methods included a systematic observation and a collection of documentation based on ethnographic records. Appropriate strategies for encouraging this gifted boy were discussed and analyzed, relying on the ethnographic records (documentation), the reflexive meetings of the teachers and the external collaborator-the researcher from the faculty. The research had three stages. The stimulating environment for learning, the differentiation of learning experiences and the cooperation with parents and the community stand out in the research results as the strategies for encouraging the development of a gifted child. Apart from encouraging the boy’s giftedness, the teachers, the preschool curriculum, the institution and the social environment developed professionally during the research. The research is methodologically limited because of its small sample size, but it is potentially significant due to its phenomenological aspects.
- Subjects
SOCIAL institutions; PRESCHOOL teachers; ETHNOLOGY research; COMMUNITY involvement; CHILD development; GIFTED children; PRESCHOOL children
- Publication
Croatian Journal of Education / Hrvatski Časopis za Odgoj i Obrazovanje, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 2, p509
- ISSN
1848-5189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15516/cje.v26i2.5124