The level of awareness of students of the teachers of education for the Faculty of Basic Education In Kuwait, with the characteristics of the gifted from their point of view   In light of some variables

Eledwany, Hamdan Soud Hamdan

doi:10.21608/jsre.2019.33113

The level of awareness of students of the teachers of education for the Faculty of Basic Education In Kuwait, with the characteristics of the gifted from their point of view In light of some variables

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Hamdan Soud Hamdan Eledwany

Department of Special Education College of Basic Education - Public Authority for Applied Education and Training

10.21608/jsre.2019.33113

Abstract

Awareness Level of the Gifted Students’ Features among the Special Education Teachers at the Faculty of Education in Kuwait from Their Viewpoints in the Light of Some Variables

Dr. Hamdan Saud Hamdan Al-Adwany
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Faculty of Basic Education - General Authority for Applied Education and Training
ABSTRACT
The current study aimed to identify the level of the student teachers’ awareness at the Faculty of Education in Kuwait of the characteristics of the gifted students from their viewpoints in the light of some variables. The study adopted the descriptive method and made use of the survey for fulfilling its purpose. The study also made use of the "behavioral characteristics of the gifted students" scale. The population of the current study were all the students at the Department of Special Education at the Faculty of Basic Education in the field of mental excellence and learning difficulties (totaling 1050) in Kuwait. The study was administered to a random sample consisting of 101 students from the special education department at the Faculty of Basic Education in Kuwait. The level of awareness of pre-service special education teachers at the Faculty of Basic Education in Kuwait concerning the characteristics of the gifted was high in all dimensions (creative / leadership / motivation / educational qualities). The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the skills of behavioral characteristics of the talented and gifted students at the Faculty of Basic Education (Department of Special Education) in relation to all the dimensions and the total degree of the scale. There were no statistically significant differences in the behavioral characteristics of the gifted and talented students at the Faculty of Basic Education (Department of Special Education) in the three dimensions except for the educational qualities as the differences were in favor of the students of the (Arabic language) specialization. There were no statistically significant differences in the behavioral characteristics of the gifted students and excellent students at the Faculty of Basic Education (Department of Special Education) in the light of their university degree concerning all the dimensions and the total degree of the scale. The university specialization of the student teachers at the Faculty of Basic Education (Department of Special Education) did not affect the degree of identifying the behavioral characteristics of talented and excellent student

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