The Importance of Teachers' Attitude in Nurturing and Educating Gifted Children
AbstractFor many decades the issue of is to teach the has been at the center of many teachers-training programs, in many different countries, and in a variety of institutions for higher education. Most experts have agreed that the teacher of the gifted should love teaching, be an interesting person, very knowledgeable, especially in the subject matter he or she teaches, loves to help, be considerate, must be self-confidence, s well as polite and respects others. Others have found that the most important trait of teachers of the gifted is their intelligence: while many gifted students could not connect educationally and emotionally to average intelligence-teachers, the loved being taught by teachers who were experts in the subject matter, taught in a logical, well-built structure; teachers who were not only intelligent but creative as well. However, a recent study done with education students in two teachers colleges revealed a different picture. The most important characteristic of the ideal...