%0 Journal Article
%T Ceilinged Out: Gifted Preschoolers in Early Childhood Services
%A Mimi Wellisch
%J Journal of Advanced Academics
%@ 2162-9536
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1932202X19851276
%X A relatively pervasive ¡°silence¡± exists concerning giftedness in Australian preservice early childhood teacher courses. There is also a lack of research about educator attitudes to giftedness and programming in Australian early childhood services. This study, consisting of a survey and interviews, is intended to help to fill the research gap. A total of 184 early childhood educators were surveyed in relation to their knowledge and attitudes about giftedness, and 10 of those respondents were also interviewed. A purposive sample of eight parents whose gifted preschoolers had been recommended for early entry by a psychologist were also interviewed. Findings indicate that early childhood educators are at a loss in relation to gifted children¡¯s intellectual, social, and emotional needs that are neither understood nor met according to their parents. Compulsory preservice coursework about giftedness is recommended
%K gifted preschoolers
%K early childhood
%K educators
%K school readiness
%K parents of gifted children
%K early entry
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1932202X19851276