Tales from within: Gifted Students’ Lived Experiences with Teaching Practices in Regular Classrooms

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 137 - 157
• Main Authors: Gomez-Arizaga, Maria P., Valdivia-Lefort, Marieta, Castillo-Hermosilla, Hernan, Hébert, Thomas P., Conejeros-Solar, Maria Leonor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Academically Gifted; Case studies; classroom teachers; Conventional Instruction; Creative Teaching; Creativity; Education; Foreign Countries; gifted students; High School Students; Learner Engagement; lived experiences; Methods; Middle School Students; National Curriculum; Peer Relationship; Practice; Qualitative research; regular classroom; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Talented students; Teacher Student Relationship; Teachers; teachers of the gifted; Teaching Methods; Chile

Gifted students in regular classrooms have fewer opportunities to develop activities that are based on their characteristics as learners and address their needs; however, many of them spend most of their school time in these classrooms. The results presented here were part of a 2-year qualitative pr...