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Readiness and Ability to Self-Development of Gifted Rural Schoolchildren
Olga G. Kholodkova
Associate Professor of the Chair of Psychology, Altai State Pedagogical University (55 Molodezhnaya St., Barnaul 656031, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1494-112X, Scopus ID: 57192187055, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Galina L. Parfenova
Associate Professor of the Chair of Psychology, Altai State Pedagogical University (55 Molodezhnaya St., Barnaul 656031, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1149-3210, Scopus ID: 57192199997, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Olga A. Bokova
Associate Professor of the Chair of Special Pedagogy and Psychology, Altai State Pedagogical University (55 Molodezhnaya St., Barnaul 656031, Russian Federation), Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-5536, Scopus ID: 57204567911, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. The article examines the problem of the formation of readiness and ability for self-development among gifted rural schoolchildren as resource qualities of a personality that characterize the potential of its self-realization. The relevance of the problem is determined by the systematic nature of the support of gifted schoolchildren, which assumes consideration of the individual qualities of gifted subjects, the specifics of which, in this case, is determined by living in rural areas. One of the key tasks of systematic psychological and pedagogical support of gifted children and students in rural schools is to help them to know and understand themselves, to reveal their interests, abilities, to teach them to use the properties of their personality as internal resources for effective interaction in society, successful learning, self-realization and high achievements.
Materials and Methods. The sample of subjects included 420 schoolchildren from eight rural schools of the Altai Territory. Among them, 49 people identified as gifted. The basic model for identifying the giftedness of schoolchildren was the three-factor model of J. Renzulli. To study the readiness for self-development, the ability to self-development and self-education, test methods and questionnaires were used.
Results. It is empirically revealed that the majority of gifted rural schoolchildren has low readiness for self-development and has differences by gender: it is higher in boys than in girls. Among the schoolchildren with undiagnosed giftedness there are more of those who are ready for self-improvement, but not ready for self-knowledge. Intellectual characteristics are more pronounced in gifted boys than in gifted girls; creative characteristics are more pronounced in gifted girls than in gifted boys.
Discussion and Conclusion. The results of the study open up new opportunities for the development of practical methods of psychological and pedagogical activity for the correction and prevention of the identified difficulties in the conditions of rural educational and cultural space. The materials of the article will be useful to the subjects of the educational space, engaged in system interaction in the effective development of the giftedness of children and youth.
Keywords: giftedness, gifted personality, gifted rural schoolchildren, resource qualities of the individual, readiness and ability for self-development
Funding: The study was financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Ministry of Education and Science of the Altai Region (Research project No. 19-413-220005 “Scientific and methodological substantiation and development of a model of management system of work with gifted children in the region”).
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Kholodkova O.G., Parfenova G.L., Bokova O.A. Readiness and Ability to Self-Development of Gifted Rural Schoolchildren. Integration of Education. 2022;26(2):297‒311. doi: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.107.026.202202.297-311
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 08.10.2021; approved after reviewing 18.03.2022;
accepted for publication 28.03.2022.
Contribution of the authors:
O. G. Kholodkova – development of the concept and research methodology; critical analysis and revision of the text.
G. L. Parfenova – development of the concept, methodology; definition of research tools; collection of empirical data; quantitative and qualitative analysis of research results and literature.
O. A. Bokova – collection documents; analysis of literature; critical analysis; text structuring.
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