Good Practice In Gifted Education

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The focus of the workshop lies in the presentation of different methodologies to teach topics from gifted education within preservice teacher study programmes, and in their critical evaluation from the psychological point of view. Specifically, mandatory integrative contents as well as individual optional modules will be used as examples of good practice in HE teaching and learning gifted education at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The participants will explore some basic issues by using hands-on approach in the general competency framework. Practical applications will underline a crucial role of collaboration between teachers, psychologists, and other education professionals in order to cultivate the development of giftedness in students

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