Assessing the quality of services offered to gifted students in Al Ain schools from the perspective of teachers and students

Abstract

The development of gifted students' abilities depends on the quality of services provided by theschool. Therefore, special attention should be paid to this issue in the curricula and the work of teachers. Thisstudy seeks to identify the level of services offered to gifted students in grades 4-10 in Al Ain schools from theperspective of both teachers and students. The sample of the study consisted of (804) students, divided intotwo groups by grade level. The second part of the study sample consisted of (310) teachers from differentdisciplines. The results showed that there was a low level of awareness of what constituted gifted programsand curricula. In regard to teachers, the results showed that the level of services offered was complicated bydifficulty in appropriately identifying assistance and needed training. To make situation different it’s possibleto organize training courses for teachers in the field of detection and evaluation of gifted students; introduceenrichment programs for gifted students; encourage involvement of gifted students in local and internationalacademic programs and in general pay more attention to the gifted children.