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Special Education

Notes (5) Reflective level teaching or problem solving technique should be employed for gifted group.
(6) The teacher should acquire the knowledge of psychology of gifted children and special training
for teaching and dealing gifted group students. He should be democratic, flexible in his
behaviour.
(7) Regular conferences with gifted students-for their working and help them plan their work-
difficulties and evaluation.

Gifted children prefer, concept formation, generalization and completing the gaps.
Teacher should not explain each and every aspect of the content, he should leave
same gaps to be filled by them.

21.4 General Method and Techniques for Gifted Children

Some of general methods and techniques which are very useful in the studies of gifted children are
given below :
1. The positive reinforcement or praise and encouragement devices are effective but challenge
and criticism devices are much more effective to reinforce their behaviour. For example "We do
not expect such behaviour student like you".
2. The repetition in teaching is boring to them. They do not take interest in the unnecessary
interpretation and repetition of content in classroom teaching.
3. Teacher should probe into the depth of the content to develop some insight into it.
4. There should be the provision and facilities of library, reading, laboratories and field work.
5. In class room teaching difficult questions are put for providing challenge them.
Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are True or False:
(i) In group oriented method-developement enrichment spontaneously out of the units and
committee work of the whole class.
(ii) Gifted children prefer, concept formation, generalization and completing the ..................... .
(iii) Teacher should not probe into the depth of the content to develop some insight into it.
(iv) There should not be the provision and facilities of library reading, laboratories and field
work.
21.5 Summary

• Gifted children possess different mental, social and emotional characteristics. It is essential to
have advanced curriculum, method of teaching, school problems and qualified trained teachers.
• The education is given to gifted children has many objectives which are useful for then.
• Special education is given to further increase in range of their knowledge, skill and
understanding, to develop an alertness, initiative and creative power, to develop on attitude of
critical thinking, develop power to work independently.
• There are three teaching strategies used for gifted children: (i) Acceleration strategies
(ii) enrichment strategies (iii) Special group strategies
• Acceleration refers to the school to school process of educational programmes. Early entrance
into school, skipping entire grades, doing more work.
• Enrichment of curriculum must be both qualitative and quantitative quality refers to the depth
while quantity enrichment means breadth of the content.

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