Encouraging the Development of a Potentially Gifted Child in the Croatian Preschool Curriculum/Poticanje razvoja potencijalno darovitoga djeteta u kurikulu ranoga i predškolskoga odgoja i obrazovanja Republike Hrvatske

Višnja Vekić-Kljaić, Vesnica Mlinarević

Abstract


Abstract
Early identification is an important factor of the development of giftedness. The
research was aimed at encouraging the development of a potentially gifted child in
the preschool curriculum. It was conducted in the Osijek Kindergarten (the Republic
of Croatia) during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 pedagogical years, including a boy
(M), his parents and teachers. Action research methodology with ethnographic
elements was used here. The methods included a systematic observation and a
collection of documentation based on ethnographic records. Appropriate strategies for
encouraging this gifted boy were discussed and analyzed, relying on the ethnographic
records (documentation), the reflexive meetings of the teachers and the external
collaborator-the researcher from the faculty. The research had three stages. The
stimulating environment for learning, the differentiation of learning experiences
and the cooperation with parents and the community stand out in the research
results as the strategies for encouraging the development of a gifted child. Apart from
encouraging the boy’s giftedness, the teachers, the preschool curriculum, the institution
and the social environment developed professionally during the research. The research
is methodologically limited because of its small sample size, but it is potentially
significant due to its phenomenological aspects.
Key words: action research; ethnographic records; learning environment; parents;
preschool teacher.

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Sažetak
Važan čimbenik razvoja darovitosti je rana identifikacija. Cilj istraživanja bio
je poticanje razvoja potencijalno darovitoga djeteta u kurikulu ranoga odgoja.
Istraživanje je provedeno tijekom 2016./17. i 2017/18. pedagoške godine. Sudionici
istraživanja bili su dječak M, njegovi roditelji i odgojiteljice. Istraživanje je provedeno
u Dječjem vrtiću Osijek, Republika Hrvatska. Korištena je metodologija akcijskoga
istraživanja s etnografskim elementima. Metode su bile sustavno promatranje i
dokumentiranje pomoću etnografskih zapisa. Na refleksivnim sastancima
odgojitelja i vanjske suradnice, istraživačice s fakulteta, pomoću etnografskih zapisa
(dokumentacije) raspravljalo se i analiziralo o primjerenim strategijama poticanja
darovitoga dječaka M. Istraživanje se provodilo kroz tri razdoblja. Poticajna okolina
za učenje, diferencijacija iskustva učenja i suradnja s roditeljima i zajednicom
izdvajaju se u rezultatima istraživanja kao strategije poticanja razvoja darovitoga
djeteta. Osim što se poticala darovitost dječaka M., istovremeno su se profesionalno
razvijali odgojitelji, kurikul ranoga i predškolskoga odgoja i obrazovanja, ustanova, ali
i društvena sredina. Metodološki opseg istraživanja je ograničen zbog malog uzorka,
ali je potencijalno značajan zbog svojih fenomenoloških aspekata.
Ključne riječi: akcijsko istraživanje; etnografski elementi; odgojitelji; okolina za
učenje; roditelji.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v26i2.5124

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