4. GIFTED CHILD
Gifted child, any child who is naturally endowed with a high
degree of general mental ability or extraordinary ability in a
specific sphere of activity or knowledge.
In most countries the prevailing definition is an intelligence
quotient (IQ) of 130 or above. Increasingly, however,
schools use multiple measures of giftedness and assess a
wide variety of talents, including verbal, mathematical,
musical, and interpersonal abilities.
MEANING
5. According to Terman and Witty, ”The gifted children/ child are those
who are superior in physical development, educational
achievement, intelligence and social personality”
DEFINITION
CHARACTERISTICS
However let us discuss the following chief characteristics of the gifted
children.
1. Intellectual Characteristics .
2. Physical Characteristics.
3. Personality Characteristics.
4. Negative Characteristics.
5. Social Characteristics.
6. Intellectual Characteristics :-
(1)Special ability for arrangement, analysis, memory and logic.
(2) Quick power of imagination.
(3) Sharp and systamatic observation.
(4) High IQ (Generally more than 120).
(5)Extraordinary speed of learning and comprehension.
Physical Characteristics :-
(1) They are often of good physique.
(2) They are heavy in weight and powerful and taller than other normal
children.
(3) Their adolescent symptoms are noticed at an early age.
Personality Characteristics:-
(1) High ability of adjustment.
(2) Participates in Debate.
(3) Expert in asking question.
(4) Free thinking and diverse interests.
7. Negative Characteristics:-
(1) They are impatient and lack concentration.
(2) They are egoistic and jealous.
(3) They are careless and poor handwriting.
(4) Sometime talk too much.
Social Characteristics:-
(1) Special ability of leadership.
(2) Respects others.
(3) Honest and ready to do social work.
HOW TO IDENTIFY GIFTED CHILD
1. Intelligence Test.
(a) Individual intelligence test.
(b) Group intelligence test
2. Achievement test.
3. Aptitude test.
4. Interest.
5. Personality test
8. Comprises SC/ST and other socially and educationally
backward categories based on cultural, economical, social,
geographical, linguistic, gender or other categories that the
appropriate governments can separately notify.
The lists of disadvantaged children are:-
Blind and Partially Blind.
Deaf and Partially Deaf.
Crippled Child( Bone, Accidental, Disease).
Speech Disorder( Stammering).
Pronounciation Defect, Defect in Sentence Structure.
Mentally Retarded Child.
Socially Handicapped Child.
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
9. The learning speed of these children is very slow.
They develop an attitude of pessimism about life.
They have low IQ with a mean ranging from 40 to 90 or even below of it.
They fail to develop higher mental thought processes.
Basic Intelligence
They are involved in mentally unhealthy and maladjusted behaviour.
CHARACTERISTICS
10. CAUSES OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
INDIVIDUAL CAUSES
ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES
PHYSICAL CAUSE
1. Defective hearing, Poor
health.
MENTAL CAUSE
Low IQ
EMOTIONAL CAUSE
Aggressiveness, negative
attitude towards teachers.
FAMILY CAUSE
Death of parents, bad
company of child and divorce
or separation.
SCHOOL CAUSE
Defective curriculum, lack of
interest in subject and harsh
attitude of teachers.
11. EDUCATION AND TREATMENT OF
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
• Improvement in home environment.
• Arrangement of guidance programme.
• Good teaching methods.
• Health and proper discipline in school.
• Education according to interest and aptitude.
• Medical examination should be arranged in
school.
• Moral, religious and sex education should be
organized.
12. CONCLUSION
Inclusive education is necessary for every country
because, with the help of inclusive education, the
child takes education in a general atmosphere
and tries to make himself like a normal child,
even though it includes gifted children, special
children, and disabled children. There are many
such children who are different from the normal
child, they are given education together because
the ability of learning can be increased in those
children.