Educators and Students: A Look on Affectivity in High Ability/Giftedness

• Autor(a) principal: Valentim, Bernadete de Fátima Bastos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Vestena, Carla Luciane Blum, Neumann, Patricia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/14421
• topic: High abilities/giftedness; Affectivity; Educators.; Altas habilidades/superdotação; Afetividade; Educadores

Generally cognitive development is the focus regarding high abilities/giftedness so affective development receives less attention from parents and educators. Based on this, the objective of this text is debating the importance of the gifted people’s affectivity. Methodology was a case study about a gifted student. Instruments were a questionnaire by Perez and Freitas (2012) to identify gifted adults’ indicators and a semi structured interview. Results point to the importance of paying attention on affective aspects of students’ development and the importance of educators’ formation to they teach gifted students in classroom. We consider neglecting affectivity is a possible source of negative consequences for gifted students in their adult life. Also the educator’s formation is not only the professional preparation but it includes personal preparation. Finally, the first thing educators need to do is identifying gifted students. It is necessary to know at least about high abilities to identify them.