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The Attitudes of Primary Education Students Towards Promoting Creativity in Work with Gifted Pupils in Croatia and Slovenia

A creative teacher is a central factor in creating creative teaching and educational setting. A teacher with positive attitudes toward giftedness and creativity helps ensure a positive and supportive environment for gifted students in school. It is important to encourage primary education students to crateful work with the gifted pupils so that in the future they become teachers who will encourage creativeness in everyday classroom communication. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of primary education students in Croatia and Slovenia towards gifted students, their knowledge on certain subjects of giftedness and encouraging creativity in teaching for gifted pupils, with a special emphasis on giftedness in natural sciences. 198 students participated in the research. The students' attitudes were assessed by using (adapted and validated) Gagné and Nadeau questionnaire (1991) about gifted students and their education. The results of the research showed that students from Croatia and Slovenia share the same positive attitudes towards the giftedness, that during their studies they did not get enough information about gifted students and they did not have strong attitudes towards approaches on encouraging creativity with the gifted. There were no differences in knowledge acquired during studies and attitudes towards giftedness on promoting creativity regarding the study program. The obtained results pointed to the need for more intensive education of primary education students in Croatia and Slovenia in the field of natural giftedness and creativity to enable them to identify and stimulate creative work through different forms of work at school.

gifted students, creativity, attitudes, natural giftedness, primary education students

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