Inclinations to Conformity as a Potential Social Limit of Giftedness Development

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of gifted pupils´ conformity, which may form a social barrier to their development during school teaching. The aim of the research is to analyse the inclination to conformity of gifted pupils during the application of differentiated enriching curriculum. The research sample consists of 86 diagnosed gifted pupils from the level of education ISCED2. The research instrument is semantically differentially based on the principle of the tool ATER. The study results suggest non-conformal inclinations of gifted pupils, which are subjectively declared in relation to the five statements describing work on a task during the application of differentiated enriching curriculum in school lessons.

Keywords

• giftedness
• gifted pupil
• social position of gifted pupil
• social barriers of talent development
• inclusive education
• differentiated enriching curriculum
• conformity
• semantic differential