Examination of Science and Technology Teachers’ Attitude and Opinions Related Giftedness and Gifted Education in Turkey

Authors : Kürşat Kunt, Hasan Said Tortop

Pages : 37-54

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Publication Date : 2017-03-06

Article Type : Research

Abstract :In this study, it is aimed to examine the Science and Technology teachers’ attitude and views related giftedness and gifted education. This research used both qualitative and quantitative research designs, is a mixed pattern research. The study group of the research consists of 111 Science and Technology teachers in the academic year 2011-2012 in the province of A. These participants were applied Teacher Attitude Scale towards Gifted Education (TASGE) as collection of quantitative data. For obtaining qualitative data, semi-structured interview was used with four science and technology teachers. For the analysis of quantitative data, percentage, frequency, t-test and analysis of variance were used. The data obtained from the interview were subjected to content analysis. As a result, science and technology teachers' attitudes towards gifted education were found to be slightly above the undecided attitude. In addition, science and technology teachers stated that supportive education for gifted children in Science and Art Centers (SACs) was insufficient and they adequately could not cooperated with this institution.
Keywords : gifted education, science education, science curriculum, science and art centers