%0 Journal Article
%T Identifying ¡°Good¡± Teachers for Gifted Students
%A Mahmood Khalil
%A Zaher Accariya
%J Creative Education
%P 407-418
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2016.73040
%X The purpose of this study is to identify the unique features that gifted students perceive to be essential in their teachers. In this qualitative, one-year study, data and responses from 15 gifted students in a high school in an Arab village in northern Israel were gathered from interviews, students¡¯ personal diaries, and ¡°letters of recommendation¡± that they were asked to write. The findings revealed that gifted students defined a good teacher through three major categories: 1) qualities in teachers; 2) excellent teaching; and 3) the unique qualities of the individual student-teacher relationship. Teachers of gifted students should ideally have unique personal, intellectual, and didactic characteristics and a unique attitude that empowers their students to realize their potential. Students place more importance on the inherent personality of the teacher than on acquired teaching skills. The findings point to a need for assessment of teachers for both personality and professional qualifications before they are assigned to the gifted classroom, and for special courses to train teachers of gifted students.
%K Good Teacher
%K Gifted Students
%K Identify
%K Gifted Classes
%K Qualities
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=64495