Psychological perspectives on gifted education – selected problems

• Authors: Andrzej Sękowski , Beata Łubianka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present article reviews the psychological literature on selected problems of gifted education. It discusses issues which are particularly important from the point of view of the skills and tools used by psychologists, educational specialists, teachers and tutors in their daily work with gifted children and adolescents. The problems described include diagnosis of giftedness in education, types of educational support provided to the gifted, and the requirements placed on teachers of gifted students. A particular emphasis is put on the contemporary research-related and practical challenges faced by gifted support specialists in schools.

Keywords

EN

education; educational challenges; gifted students

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 624-632

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Andrzej Sękowski

• Department of Psychology of Individual Differences, Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-590 Lublin, Poland

author

Beata Łubianka

• Department of Psychology of Individual Differences, Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0069