Features of training pedagogues for supporting gifted children

¹ Moscow City Pedagogical University, Pedagogy Department, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education, Moscow, Russia
² Moscow Pedagogical State University, Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: hodakovanp@mgpu.ru

Abstract

The prerequisites for the study: the informatization and digitalization of modern society have led to the development of informatization in education and digital pedagogy. However, the transformations that have taken place in the national education system have changed the attitude towards students who show outstanding abilities. This has led to the emergence of relevant regulatory documents as well as public funds, social programs, educational organizations, the main purpose of which is to identify, teach and develop gifted children. Nevertheless, in higher educational institutions, the issues of training teachers for psychological and pedagogical support of gifted children are considered narrowly, within the framework of certain disciplines and a single level of education. There is no training for teachers to work with parents of gifted children. The purpose of the study is to determine the features of training teachers for psychological and pedagogical support of gifted children and substantiate the necessary pedagogical conditions. Methods: the study of psychological and pedagogical literature, the analysis of the readiness of teachers for professional activity in the context of the digitalization of education and working to support gifted children in Moscow and the Moscow region, the analysis of the websites of educational organizations. The authors consider the problems of digitalization of education in the context of working with gifted children. The issues of using digital pedagogy, training pedagogical staff to use digital technologies in educational activities, and supporting gifted children are expounded. The authors determine the features of the content of further education courses for teachers and parents and the training of teachers for psychological and pedagogical support of gifted children. The possibility of using digital technologies and the system of additional education to train for supporting gifted children, their parents, and teachers is considered.