As a result of the literature review and research conducted with our strategic partners, under the coordination of Gaziantep University, it was determined that gifted children have problems in adapting to the social environment in European countries as well as in our country. It is observed that gifted students, who are distinguished from others in terms of their cognitive abilities, turn towards friends who are older than them, or make friends with them. Gifted children are experiencing problems; It is observed that the environment is experienced in areas such as expectations, friendship relations, school culture. When the data of the Ministry of National Education Information Systems (MEBBİS) data were examined, it was determined that the number of gifted students in our province constituted 2.42% of the percentile across the country. The “Social Skill Scale”, developed by Gresham & Elliott in America for teachers, families and students, consists of 27 questions. version; It was applied to Şahinbey Science and Art Center students in cooperation with Gaziantep University, Provincial Directorate of National Education and Guidance and Research Center (RAM). Considering the results, the need to strengthen the social skills of the 78% slice emerged, and only 22% of the students were found to be at the expected level. Our main goal is to examine the education of our gifted students and to strengthen their social skills by examining the best practices in other countries; to explore different aspects of individuals and to provide special education opportunities, to train leading personal, social and entrepreneurial individuals. As highlighted in the Horizon 2020 Program; The aim of inclusive education is to cover all children who have difficulties in accessing social, cultural, educational, vital activities and opportunities equally with all community members, with or without disabilities, and the right of these children to receive education with other peers. In line with the knowledge and experience we have acquired, we aim to create educational environments at standards that will strengthen the social skills of our gifted students by adopting inclusive education principles. Our Consortium, consisting of project partner institutes and institutions that work with individuals with special needs and gifted students in their own countries under the coordination of Gaziantep University; 4 academicians from Gaziantep University, 4 Project Coordinator teachers and 2 managers from Gaziantep Provincial Directorate of National Education (4 participants will take part in transnational mobility), 1 manager from Şahinbey Science and Arts Center, 1 teacher, 2 academicians from Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi,2 educators from Associação Cultural e de solidariedade Social Raquel Lombardi, 2 experts from EUNOIA Associatio and 1 academician from Restorative Justice for All International Institute,It consists of 19 participants in total. All of our participants are people who have worked on inclusive education and education of gifted students, teacher, student, parent education. They have Erasmus + and eTwinning project experiences. With online and on-site meetings in cooperation with our strategic partners, we aim to reach students, teachers, parents, trainings, seminars, forums and workshops, as well as gifted students at the primary / middle / high school levels and their families, friends and individuals around them. Web-site and social media channels with scientific publications and project products that we will prepare to ensure the sustainability of our project results and reach to larger audiences, the sustainability of eTwinning and erasmus projects will ensure the impact of the project and will be beneficial for the beneficiaries. In the execution of the project, our main methodology is to share responsibility according to the expertise areas of all partners and to analyze possible risks in advance and to provide crisis management plan and effective communication. As a result of the project, accessible scientific publication articles and online sustainable resources, as well as the proposal report we will provide to education policy makers, are the keystones in achieving our project goals. In the long term of our project, we aim to create a permanent source to guide Education Policy Makers in the development of social skills of gifted students through inclusive education, to strengthen the social skills of our gifted students. At the same time, all project partner countries will prepare a draft program by adapting the reports they generate from the project outputs to their socio-cultural structures.
Our main aim is to examine the education of gifted students in our country and in other countries, to strengthen their social skills by exploring the different aspects of gifted students by examining the best practices, and to contribute to their education as social and entrepreneurial individuals. As emphasized in the Horizon 2020 Program; The aim of inclusive education is to include all children who have difficulties in accessing social, cultural, educational and vital activities. It is to provide equal opportunities to all members of society with or without disabilities, and these children get the right to receive education together with their peers. By adopting inclusive education in line with the experience and knowledge we have gained, we aimed to create educational environments at standards that will strengthen the social skills of our gifted students. Temel amacımız ülkemizdeki ve diğer ülkelerdeki özel yetenekli öğrencilerin eğitimlerini incelemek, en iyi uygulamaları inceleyerek özel yetenekli öğrencilerin farklı yönlerini keşfederek sosyal becerilerini güçlendirmek, sosyal ve girişimci bireyler olarak yetiştirilmelerine katkı sağlamak. Horizon 2020 Programında vurgulandığı üzere; Kapsayıcı eğitiminin amacı, sosyal, kültürel, eğitsel, yaşamsal etkinliklere erişimde zorluk yaşayan tüm çocukları kapsamaktır. Engelli veya engelsiz tüm toplum üyelerine eşit fırsatlar sağlayarak ve bu çocukların diğer akranlarıyla birlikte eğitim alma hakkını elde etmesidir. Edindiğimiz tecrübe ve bilgiler doğrultusunda kapsayıcı eğitimi benimseyerek özel yetenekli öğrencilerimizin sosyal becerilerini güçlendirecek standartlarda eğitim ortamları oluşturmayı hedefledik.
As a result of the literature review and research we conducted with our strategic partners under the coordination of Gaziantep University, It has been determined that they have problems in adapting to the social environment in European countries as well as in our country. Studies show that gifted students, who differ from others in terms of their cognitive abilities, have low social skills such as not being able to make friends with their peers and tending to older friends. Special gifted children; It is observed that they experience problems in areas such as expectations from the environment, friendship relations, school culture. When the data of the Ministry of National Education Information Systems (MEBBIS) are examined; It has been determined that the number of gifted students in our province constitutes 2.42% of the percentile across the country. “Social Skills Scale” developed by Gresham & Elliott USA consists of 27 questions for teachers, families and students. version; It was applied to Şahinbey Science and Art Center students in cooperation with Gaziantep University, Provincial Directorate of National Education and Guidance and Research Center (RAM). Considering the results, the need to strengthen the social skills of 78% of the students emerged and it was seen that only 22% of the students were at the expected level. Gaziantep Üniversitesi koordinasyonunda stratejik ortaklarımızla yaptığımız literatür taraması ve araştırma sonucunda özel yetenekli çocukların Ülkemizde olduğu gibi Avrupa ülkelerinde de sosyal çevreye uyumda sorunlar yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir. Araştırmalar bilişsel yetenekleri bakımından diğerlerinden ayrılan özel yetenekli öğrencilerin, yaşıtları ile arkadaşlık kuramama, kendilerinden büyük arkadaşlara yönelme gibi düşük sosyal becerileri olduğunu göstermektedir. Özel yetenekli çocukların; çevreden gelen beklentiler, arkadaşlık ilişkileri, okul kültürü gibi alanlarda sorunlar yaşadıkları gözlemlenmektedir. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Bilgi Sistemleri (MEBBİS) verileri incelendiğinde; ilimizdeki üstün yetenekli öğrenci sayısının ülke genelindeki yüzdelik dilimin %2,42'sini oluşturduğu belirlenmiştir. Gresham tarafından geliştirilen “Sosyal Beceri Ölçeği” & Elliott Amerika'da öğretmenler, aileler ve öğrenciler için 27 sorudan oluşuyor. sürüm; Gaziantep Üniveristesi, İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü ve Rehberlik ve Araştırma Merkezi (RAM) iş birliği ile Şahinbey Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi öğrencilerine uygulandı. Sonuçlar dikkate alındığında, %78'lik dilimin sosyal becerilerini güçlendirme ihtiyacı ortaya çıkmış ve öğrencilerin sadece %22'sinin beklenen düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür.