TY - JOUR AU - Aşık, Mesut AU - Zelyurt, Hikmet PY - 2021/10/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Investigation of parents' views regarding the recognition and education of specially talented individuals in early childhood period JF - Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction JA - PEGEGOG VL - 11 IS - 4 SE - Article DO - 10.47750/pegegog.11.04.05 UR - https://www.pegegog.net/index.php/pegegog/article/view/1232 SP - 44-52 AB - <p>This study was conducted with the parents of 30 children between the ages of 7 and 15 who were officially diagnosed as gifted individuals, with an average age of 9.47. Parents' views on self-efficacy in recognizing and educating specially gifted individuals in early childhood were examined. It is aimed to determine the problems experienced in the diagnosis and education of specially talented individuals in preschool education by revealing overlapping and differences in terms of parental views, and to help produce solutions and suggestions by revealing the causes of the problems. Parents of students attending Malatya Science and Art Center (BİLSEM) with different socioeconomic and experience characteristics participated in this research. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 parents who participated in the study voluntarily. For the analysis of this study, which is carried out with qualitative research method, first of all, transcripts of each interview were written. A unification document was drawn up from the answers obtained for each question from the transcripts. The answers are collected and categorized under the main coding title. Subcoding was obtained from the categorized responses. In the sub-coding, similar expressions collected under a title were listed, and the final tables were obtained for each question. The findings were reached by analyzing the tables. The results obtained from the findings were summarized and interpreted in line with the sub-problems of the research.&nbsp;</p> ER -