SZ6080 Giftedness and its Development

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Eva Trnová, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eva Trnová, PhD.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 182 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Students will be acquainted with:
- key concepts in the field of gifted pupils education;
- with models of giftednéss and talent;
- the ways of identification of gifted pupils;
- the appropriate educational methods for development of giftedness;
- the best practices to work with gifted pupils;
- with a system of education gifted in the Czech Republic and other countries.
Learning outcomes
Students:
- know the needs of the gifted pupils;
- design appropriate procedures for working with gifted pupils in their field (subject);
- design appropriate materials for gifted pupils in their field (subject);
- distinguish types of gifted pupils and design appropriate procedures for their education;
- they apply the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports materials dealing with education of gifted pupils in practice.
Syllabus
  • Concept:
  • 1.Opening lesson, giftedness and talent.
  • 2. History of problem, models and conceptions of giftedness.
  • 3. Intelligence, creativity and influence of heredity and enviroment into giftednes.
  • 4. Description of giftedness, soc. emot. problems of gifted pupils.
  • 5. Some types of giftedness and talent.
  • 6. Specific groups of gifted pupils.
  • 7. Identification of gifted pupils.
  • 8. Educational forms and programs.
  • 9. Educational needs of gifted pupils, some models of education.
  • 10. Teachers of the gifted pupils.
  • 11 Support for gifted pupils in the Czech Republic and other countries.
  • 12. Final lesson.
Literature
    required literature
  • TRNOVÁ, Eva and Josef TRNA. Přírodovědně nadaní žáci a IBSE (Science gifted students and IBSE). In Nadaní žáci ve škole. 2011. info
  • HŘÍBKOVÁ, Lenka. Nadání a nadaní : pedagogicko-psychologické přístupy, modely, výzkumy a jejich vztah ke školské praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2009, 255 s. ISBN 9788024719986. URL info
  • KONEČNÁ, Věra and Šárka PORTEŠOVÁ. Sebepojetí nadaných dětí (The self-concept of the intellectually gifted children). In I. Poledňová (Ed.), Sebepojetí dětí a dospívajících v kontextu školy. 1st ed. Brno: Muni Press, 2009, p. 27-53. ISBN 978-80-210-5085-3. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka. Vzdělávání mimořádně nadaných žáků (Education of higly gifted children). In Pedagogická encyklopedie. Praha: Portál, 2009, p. 471-477, 6 pp. Pedagogická encyklopedie. ISBN 978-80-7367-546-2. info
  • HŘÍBKOVÁ, Lenka. Nadání a nadaní : pedagogicko-psychologické přístupy, modely, výzkumy a jejich vztah ke školské praxi. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2005, 209 s. ISBN 807290213X. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka. Identifikace a predikce úspěšnosti nadaných a talentovaných jedinců (Identification and prediction of success in gifted and talented students). Brno: Masarykova universita, 2002, 8 pp. Annales psychologici,P6. ISBN 80-210-2020-2. info
    recommended literature
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka. Rozumově nadané děti s dyslexií (Gifted children with dyslexia). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2011, 216 pp. Speciální pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-7367-990-3. URL info
  • TRNOVÁ, Eva and Josef TRNA. Supporting the Development of Cognitive Gifted Students Interested in Science and Technology through IBSE. In Talented Learner. První vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, p. 107-124. Výzkumné práce. Svazek 4. ISBN 978-80-210-5701-2. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka. Nadaný? Vždyť neumí číst ani počítat! (Gifted? He can not even read and count!). Psychologie DNES. Praha: Portál, 2010, vol. 16, No 6, p. 57-59. ISSN 1212-9607. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka, Marie BUDÍKOVÁ and Helena KOUTKOVÁ. Kontakt s nadáním jako jedna z důležitých proměnných ovlivňujících postoj pedagogů a rodičů k mimořádně nadaným žáků a k jejich vzdělávání (Contact with giftedness as one of important factor influencing attitude of parents and teachers toward gifted pupils). Pedagogika. Praha: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 2009, LVIV, No 1, p. 38-53, 15 pp. ISSN 0031-3815. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka and Jana ČIHOUNKOVÁ. Diagnostics of Czech intellectually gifted children with dyslexia via WISC-III method. In From giftedness in childhood to successfull intelligence in adulthood. Praha: The center of giftedness, 2008, p. 108-119. ISBN 978-80-7387-172-7. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka. Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Giftedness in Educational Context: Present State of Research and Situation in Czech Schools. New Educational Review. Polsko: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszalek, 2008, vol. 15, No 2, p. 136-151. ISSN 1732-6729. info
  • PORTEŠOVÁ, Šárka, Marie BUDÍKOVÁ and Helena KOUTKOVÁ. Postoje českých učitelů ke vzdělávání mimořádně nadaných žáků (Attitudes of Czech teachers to education of intellectually gifted pupils). Psychologia a patopsychologia dieťaťa. Bratislava, 2008, vol. 42, No 3, p. 229-251, 22 pp. ISSN 0555-5574. URL info
Teaching methods
lecture, workshop, discussion, projects
Assessment methods
a seminar essay of extent maximum 5 pages submitted in the electronic form at a designated date, active participation and implementation of tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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