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People give more importance to education with every passing year. Teachers play a critical role in reflecting the curriculum into the classroom environment, training successful and equipped individuals, meeting individuals' differentiating needs. Teachers' attitudes in classrooms and strategies they follow have a great importance on students' development. For this reason, teachers should have advanced skills to educate and take care of the pupils with special needs as well as typically developing pupils.The earlier intervention started to have a greater impact on pupils’ academic progress. It is indicated in the literature that talented and gifted pupils constitute a group, who has to get special education. The aim of this project was to raise the awareness of teachers who teach talented and gifted pupils in inclusive classrooms and build up innovative strategies for teachers to practice in classrooms and support them to improve their professional profiles. Because early intervention is important the target group was chosen as teachers, who teach in early years settings, preschools, and primary schools. Within the scope of this project a strategy guide book, a how-to instruction book, animations and a simulation were developed as intellectual outputs. Teachers were provided to learn how to practice the strategies, which they have to follow in classrooms through seminars. Moreover, they could access digital environments and implement the strategies with the help of simulation and animations.By means of this project interaction and cooperation among partner organizations from different countries were provided. Teachers from different countries came together and intercultural interaction was materialized as well as awareness on the topic was increased. Through this project, in which Gazi University (GU) from Turkey takes place as coordinator organization, Europole, LEB (till 31.05.2017), and EDUcentrum conducted a series of scientific studies at the local level, a standard scientific example, which may be a source of inspiration for further researches was set. Project partners are highly experienced organizations in teacher training and talented and gifted pupils' inclusive education. They contributed to project from different aspects. In this way, international sustainability of the project is expected to be provided in a long-term relationship.At the first stage, a baseline study revealing the state of art related to the project topic was performed. A comparative analysis followed the baseline study in order to compare the situation in partner countries. This led the project to a needs analysis to determine teachers' training needs on the topic. Data collection tools of needs analysis were based on the baseline study and the comparative analysis. These tools were applied to teachers, who work in early years settings, preschools and primary schools. GU prepared journal articles considering the conducted activities from the different point of views.An international academic conference was the following project activity. The results of the baseline study, comparative analysis, and needs analysis were presented in this conference, academicians from all over the world were invited and encouraged to present their researches on the topic as well. Later on, development and piloting phases of training materials were performed. A draft strategy guidebook was developed based on the needs analysis. In this book, strategies for teachers related to classroom and behavior management were featured. Synchronously a how-to instruction book explaining the usage of animations and a simulation was developed. At the stage of preparation of digital environments, which is one of the key points of the project, various animations were developed to show teachers how to use the strategies. In addition, a simulation was prepared. At the piloting stage, trainings were given to teacher trainers and teachers respectively and they were trained on how to use the mentioned strategies in classrooms by using training materials.Afterward, dissemination activities took place. Seminars for teacher trainers and teachers were given. A valorization conference was held in order to share the project results with stakeholders after the reporting stage is completed. All the outputs were published on the project website and so all stakeholders and interested people and organizations were reached. This project will contribute to;a- Recognize talented and gifted pupils earlier and support them with innovative teaching approaches.b- Increase the awareness of teachers about giftedness/talentedness.c- Support both the social adaptation and self-realization of gifted pupils.d- Use technology-supported materials in teacher training activities.e- Improve teachers’ professional profiles in terms of giftedness and talentedness
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