Abstract:

The gifted individual is an individual whose high performance in terms of intelligence, creativity, art, leadership capacity or academic fields is determined by experts. In the literature, when the individuals constituting the society are examined in terms of intelligence, 95% is considered to be normal, 3% is lowand 2% is superior. The development and progress of countries is only possible with the efficient use of skilled human resources. Three sets of characteristics for gifted children is defined in the study: general and special ability level, creativity and motivation. A workshop was organized by the Turkish Ministry of National Education on 21-22 January 2019 to form an action plan for “Education for Gifted”. 76 field experts and trainers participated in the workshop. This paper will discuss opinions relating to the field of arts, found in the report released at the end of the workshop and the current situation in Turkey will be summarized. The data of the descriptive study will be collected based on document review and observation.

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