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I have been organizing a 3-day Sports weekend as part of the elective subject Sports for relaxation for the past few years. The pupils are informed already at the time of deciding on their elective subjects that as part of the elective subject Sports for relaxation a certain … More
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Alternative Pathways In Cultivating Programs To Support Highly Able Learners: Persuading Decision Makers Why They Should CarePaper
Presenter(s): Lawrence MannDefining Highly-Able (HA) students can be a difficult task for schools, administrators and staff. Statutes are scant, nonexistant and teacher training programs lack obligatory pedagogical curriculum within their programs. Advocacy for appropriate support is limited to a small minority of stakeholders, while misconceptions and antiquated attitudes are rampid … More
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Foreign language learning within the regular education system often meets several distinct problems. First of all, students are grouped according to their age, not the proficiency level and the language instruction is directed to all the students in the same way, regardless of the fact they have different … More
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Didactic strategies in function of development intellectual abilities of gifted studentsPaper
Presenter(s): Aleksandar StojanovićData relevant to the topic title are analysed from two aspects, based on the findings of wider exploratory researches in which the influence of the didactic strategies on the development of intellectual abilities of gifted students is considered. Hypotheses about the importance of specific teaching strategies for the … More
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Gifted and achievement-oriented teenagers are often somewhat anxious in performance situations, well described in literature. Performance anxiety can contribute to underachievement or has even more dire developmental consequences if combined with other personal issues of the gifted individual.
In the practice of counselling gifted students, we handle cases … More -
Acceleration refers to various different educational approaches which aim to provide the gifted child with an appropriate pace of education suited towards their needs, which often occurs in the form of grade or subject skipping. Acceleration is recommended by researchers in gifted education as an approach which positively … More
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Enchancing creativity in the educational contextPaper
Presenter(s): Tomislav Goldin , Ksenija Ranogajec BenakovićSparks programme for gifted children was created ten years ago. It has been approved by Ministry of Science and Education. Programme is carried out through workshops in NGO „Wind at the back“ (European Talent Point), organized for children from 4 to 14 years that have been estimated as … More
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This work explores a continuous extension program that occurs at Tiradentes University, in Aracaju, SE, Bra, that began in 2016 as a research project for a doctoral thesis in giftedness. Gifted children are defined by the Ministry of Education of Brazil (2008) as those with above the average … More
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Experts from the field of counseling perceive the need to redefine concepts of emotions, more useful methods and techniques of researching their interconnections and therapeutic solutions to the emotional distress of an individual and familyPaper
Presenter(s): Štefanija Jaksetič DujcThe research is focused on the history of scientific works and articles that define emotions, the development of scientific methods for determining the interaction of emotions or their interconnection, and explores contemporary theories of therapies based on new scientific knowledge or approaches.
An overview of the … More
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Exploring the Universality of Problem SolvingPaper
Presenter(s): Kristie Speirs Neumeister , Virginia BurneyWhat do engineers, historians, and entrepreneurs have in common? All rely on a problem solving process to make advances in their fields. Because each field has its own “spin” on problem solving and presents a slightly different model for problem solving, it can appear that problem solving is … More
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Extension Program for students with Indications of Giftedness in Aracaju, SE, BrazilPaper
Presenter(s): Angelica PiovesanGiftedness is a behavior or condition that can be developed at certain moments in the life of some people with skills above the average of the regular population and can be described as academic or productive-creative. For the identification of giftedness, it is necessary to have the intersection … More