Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Education
Pub Date
12-2014
Series
CTY Ireland, Dublin City University Collaboration Reports
Publisher
CTY Ireland, Dublin City University and Center for Gifted Education, William & Mary
First Page
1
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The Irish Centre for Talented Youth has been the sole provider of enrichment programs for gifted children in the country since its foundation in 1992. From a desire to advocate for gifted students in the schools, this study was undertaken in collaboration with the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William & Mary to better understand the state of gifted education across the country. While high-ability students can be found in every Irish school, it is unclear to what extent they are understood by teachers and administrators, nor how much attention their exceptional abilities have received in the schools. This report attempts to clarify Irish educators’ attitudes and behaviors regarding gifted education.
More than 800 educators across the country responded to an invitation to participate in an online/written survey in the spring of 2014. Every county has some representation in the findings. Respondents were primarily classroom or special needs/resource teachers (52%) and school leaders (45%), most from primary (73%) and public (89%) schools. The survey explored respondents’ perceptions of support they receive to serve gifted students and their attitudes of support for gifted education, along with their beliefs about gifted students. Teachers were also asked to describe their classroom activities in support of gifted students.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25774/h4vn-wr80
Recommended Citation
Cross, Jennifer R.; Cross, Tracy L.; O'Reilly, Colm; Mammadov, Sakhavat; and Center for Gifted Education, William & Mary, "Gifted Education in Ireland: Educators' Beliefs and Practices" (2014). Center for Gifted Education Reports. 2.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgereports/2
