vol 24 no3 A, 2024

Designing a Guide for Professional Competencies for Teachers of Gifted Students as Perceived by Educational Experts: Gifted Centers in The Negev and East Jerusalem Regions as Examples

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Designing a Guide for Professional Competencies for Teachers of Gifted Students as Perceived by Educational Experts: Gifted Centers in The Negev and East Jerusalem Regions as Examples

Abstract:

The study aims to build a Professional Competency Index (PCI) for teachers of gifted students from the educational principals and teachers perspectives, and to build criteria for developing their competencies in the light of the results of the study. In depth interviews conducted with the directors of the gifted student centers, the study population consisted of (15) centers for the gifted, and (7) centers of them expressed their desire to cooperate. (19) persons from among the principals and teachers in those centers participated in the study. The results of the study showed that the final form of the (PCI) for teachers of gifted students, it includes five major categories: (competencies for planning the educational process, competencies for implementing the education process, competencies for evaluating the education process, skills competencies, qualification and training competencies). Moreover, the findings of the quantitative and qualitative parts were matched and discussed. The study recommended to use the index as a tool of diagnosing the competencies of gifted students’ teachers.

Keywords: Professional Competencies Guide, Gifted Students, East Jerusalem District, Gifted Centers.

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