Determination of Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions and Training Needs towards Gifted and Talented

Abstract

This study aims to determine the perceptions and trainning needs of preschool teachers towards gifted and talented students. The population of the study consists of 100 pre-school teachers. Descriptive research model has been used in as method of the study. “Perception Scale for Gifted Students” developed by Demirok and Ozcan (2016), and “Tranning needs questionnaire’developed by Demirok (2012) have been used as data collection tools. In analyzing the research data, arithmetic average, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, parametric tests, t-test and one way variance (one-way ANOVA) non-parametric tests, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used. The ANOVA test to determine the differences in the after math of a complementary post-hoc analysis The results were interpreted and the analysis has been converted into a data table. Results of the study have stated that while pre-school teachers have positive perception towards gifted students, they need training about gifted and talented students.

Keywords

• algı, eğitim ihtiyacı, okul öncesi öğretmeni, üstün yetenek