%0 Journal Article
%T ¨¹st¨¹n Yetenekli   rencilerin   renme,   retme,   retmenlik Mesle i ve   retmen  zellikleri ile  lgili G r¨¹ leri (Gifted Students' Perceptions about Learning, Teaching, Teacher Characteristics and Teaching as a Profession)
%A Bahad£¿r Eri£¿ti
%J Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%D 2012
%I Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%X Purpose and significance: The purpose of the study was to examine gifted students¡¯ attributions to learning and teaching and their views about teacher characteristics and teaching as a profession.Method: This research was a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. Gifted students' attributions to learning and teaching and their views about teacher charac-teristics and teaching as a profession were portrayed and data was interpreted using quantitative and qualitative methods based on students' own expressions. The re-search was conducted with 46 gifted students who were attending 7th, 8th and 9th grades in Eskisehir, Turkey. Students were identified by the identification system of the Education Programs for Talented Students at Anadolu University in Eskisehir. Students came from 15 different elementary schools; 18 of them were female and 28 were male. Seventeen of the participants were 7th graders, 14 were 8th graders and 15 were 9th graders.Data was collected using ¡°Questionnaire for Gifted Students¡¯ Perceptions of Learn-ing, Teaching and Teacher (QGST)¡± developed by the researcher. It was reviewed by 5 experts in order to examine its content validity. They were professionals in curriculum and instruction, gifted education, and guidance and counseling. After expert revisions, a pilot study was carried out with 21 students before this study. The final form of the instrument included four groups of items. In one item, students ranked 14 teacher characteristics from 1 to 14 in importance with 1 being the most important and 14 the least important. In the other items, of which 4 were open-ended and 7 were forced-choice, students indicated their opinions and choices about learning and teaching. The instrument was administered to the participants during their summer courses they attended at Anadolu University. Data analysis included quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive non-parametric statistical techniques. Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney-U test were used in testing differences. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis approach. In order to ensure the reliability of the analysis, themes and sub-themes created based on data were submitted to experts and they were asked to examine the suitability of the structure created through content analysis. After revisions were made based on expert opinions, the analysis was submitted to another 2 experts. The results showed that the agreement rate between the 2 experts was 96%. Validity of the study was investigated using the internal validity method. Two e
%K gifted students
%K learning
%K teaching
%K teaching profession
%K teacher characteristics
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