ERIC Number: EJ1215410
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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Finnish Elementary School Teachers' Attitudes toward Gifted Education
Laine, Sonja; Hotulainen, Risto; Tirri, Kirsi
Roeper Review, v41 n2 p76-87 2019
This study examined Finnish elementary school teachers' (N = 212) attitudes toward the gifted and their education. On a general level, teachers' attitudes toward gifted education were slightly positive. Teachers saw that gifted students have social value and that they need special services. The results of teachers' attitudes toward specific gifted education options were in line with earlier Finnish research, because teachers supported differentiated teaching but were more negative toward acceleration or separating the gifted into their own groups. However, despite the strong support for differentiated teaching for the gifted, teachers' positions toward practice were more skeptical.
Descriptors: Gifted, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Individualized Instruction, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Acceleration (Education), Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Attitude Measures, Item Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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