Okul Öncesi Dönem Üstün Yetenekli Çocukların Eğitimlerine Yönelik Kullanılan Öğretim Stratejileri / Instructional Strategies Used Pre-school Gifted Children s Education

Abstract

The study aims to examine the educational strategies used for gifted children in pre-schools and to reveal the current situation in Turkey and other countries. Gifted children, have specific developmental (social, cognitive, physical and personality) properties, differentiate from their peers regarding their experiences and learning. Due to their properties and potential, they need comprehensive educational programs. It is known that gifted children have specific and different educational approaches and models. But unfortunately, the educational practices regarding gifted children is limited in preschool period. Scanning model is used to document the articles and graduate thesis between 2010 to 2017 years, in terms of educational strategies used for gifted children in preschool period, 11 studies are documented and examined. According to the findings, the studies from different countries (