Features of Teachers Preparedness to Work with Gifted Youth

Abstract

The article is devoted to the experimental study of professional and personal preparedness of higher school teachers to work with gifted students. Thus, the presented materials indicate the need for the purposeful and systematic work on the formation of personal and professional preparedness of the higher school teachers to work with gifted students. It seems advisable to include section on the psychology of giftedness to content of the scientific and pedagogical training of undergraduates, that will allow to put into action more fully the intellectual and creative potential of all subjects of the educational process. Preparedness of teacher to work with gifted children and youth is defined as an integrative personal education consisting of motivational, substantial and procedural components.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s3p45