The skills of discovering and nurturing talented and gifted students and their availability among prep school teachers

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the skills of discovering and nurturing talented and gifted students for the preparatory stage teachers and its availability, two methods were adopted; The descriptive method for reviewing previous studies and preparing the literature framework, and the experimental method for applying research tools. The research sample consisted of (30) prep school teachers (male and females) who works at Abnob Educational administration prep school. A list of 24 skills for the discovery and nurturing of gifted and talented prep students was prepared, In addition to a note card for the skills of discovering and nurturing gifted and talented students for prep school teachers, As a conclusion the researcher found out that there is a weakness at the prep school teachers discovery and nurturing of gifted and talented students. In the light of the above finings it is recommended to do more studies that concerned with the skills of discovering and nurturing gifted and talented students for prep school teachers and upgrade the efficiency of teachers in the various stages through starting courses that aim to help teachers to discover the gifted and talented students and recommend the appropriate strategies that can be used in teaching, in addition to other recommendations