Tokar I.E., Zarubina N.E.
ADAPTATIONAL PROBLEMS OF GIFTED SCHOOLCHILDREN
State Educational Institution Pedagogical Academy, Moscow;
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
This article involves the problems of adaptational difficulties of gifted children, which prevent the realization of their educational potential.
Key words: genius, gifted children, adaptational problems, risk situations of development of adaptational problems, remedial and developing education.
Humanistic paradigm of pedagogical study development in Russia opened the opportunity of development of some progressive scientific directions. The problem of children’s genius is one of the most evident among them.
One of the central methodological subjects of the problem is the question, concerning the content meaning of such key notions as genius and gifted children.
Very often gifted are called those children, who do everything earlier, better and quicker than others and sometimes not in such a way as most of their peers, those who demonstrate a high level of abilities in different fields of knowledge. These may be intellectual and learning abilities, creative thinking, artistic abilities, ability to leadership and psychomotor capabilities [3].