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Teachers' Views about the Education of Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms
The purpose of this study was to investigate
classroom teachers’ views about the education
of gifted students in regular classrooms. The
sample of the study is composed of ten primary
school teachers working in the city of
Amasya and had gifted students in their classes.
In the present study, phenomenological
research design was used. Data was collected
through semi-structured interviews and analyzed
descriptively in the QSR N-Vivo package
program. The findings showed that teachers
did not believe a need for differentiating curriculum
for gifted students; rather they expressed
that regular curriculum was enough
for gifted students. Based on the findings, it is
clear that teachers need training both on the
need of differentiated education for gifted students
and strategies and approaches about
how to educate gifted students. Teachers’ attitudes
towards gifted students in regular classrooms
should be investigated so that teachers’
unsupportive beliefs about differentiation for
gifted students also influence their attitudes
towards gifted students