Thu 18.09.2014 - 13:45-14:15 - Foyer

“Education to Talent” and “Gifted Teaching”: Projects for gifted children in Veneto Region – Italy  Poster

Presenter: Martina Brazzolotto
Author(s): Martina Pedron (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization – University of Padova and C.N.I.S. National Association, GATE-Italy Association (Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)), Martina Brazzolotto (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization – University of Padova and C.N.I.S. National Association, GATE-Italy Association; Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)); Massimo Ronchese (U.O.C. NPIA ULSS 16 Padova, GATE-Italy Association; Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)), David Polezzi (U.O.C. NPIA ULSS 16 Padova, GATE-Italy Association; Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)); Isabella Morabito (GATE-Italy Association (Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)), Daniela Lucangeli (Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization – University of Padova and C.N.I.S. National Association; GATE-Italy Association (Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)); Pier Antonio Battistella (U.O.C. NPIA ULSS 16 Padova, GATE-Italy Association; Gifted and Talented Education – Italy)).

The projects “Education to Talent” (financed by Regione Veneto – Italy) and " Gifted Teaching" (financed by European Social Fund) want to take care of gifted children in the school to ensure that they maintain a motivation equal to their potential. The mission of the projects is to model a system of actions to achieve the "talent" from the distinctive individual qualities of the growing children, developing educational pathways that become models in order to allow the full development of cognitive, emotional and social skills of these talents by a system of supervision aimed at teachers in the classroom. Several partners are involved: Neuropsychiatric for Children and Adolescents Service ULSS16 Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization – University of Padova, C.N.I.S. (National Coordination
Specialist Teachers Association), Centro Produttivit? Veneto, Omniacom Association, University of Pavia. “Education to Talent” and “Gifted Teaching” are the first projects in the whole Italian country. We will describe the phases of the projects, involving 340 teachers in primary and secondary schools, and the main results: from the implementation of training in Learning Week mode to subsequent group coaching activities and customized mentoring activities for teachers to reach the implementation of project works within the classes. Support for teachers has been put in place through the development of a model of intervention, by now in the experimental stage, with proposals that could provide tools and procedures useful not only to the gifted child/boy but also to the whole class group. The collaboration with corporate partner "Digital Academy" is part of a shared project intended to bring innovative solutions to educational needs, with the aid of digital tools.