Giftedness and Cultural Diversity

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Published: Sep 14, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/plogos.27928
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giftedness culture cultural diversity cultural awareness under-representation
Ιώ Θεοδωρίτση
Αλέξανδρος-Σταμάτιος Αντωνίου
Abstract

The ever-increasing diversity of gifted students in the classroom and within gifted education services, constitutes a current, constant challenge. The existing conditions necessitate the reform of educational policies and practices, as well as teachers’ development of skills and specialised knowledge. The emerging impediments and difficulties in the field of gifted education, concerning gift and cultural diversity, are associated to the difficulty of identifying gifted students, who come from different cultural backgrounds, and their integration into related programmes. The main objective is to emphasise the overwhelming need for teachers’ cultural awareness and information, as a means to successfully and fairly integrate gifted students in related education programmes.Τhe parents’ crucial and decisive roleis also addressed, as advocates for gifted children from different cultural backgrounds, with a view to reversing their under-representation in education programmes for the gifted.

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