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Professional Development for Teachers of Gifted Education in Hong Kong: Instrument Validation and Training Effectiveness

Project GIFT is a pioneer research-based gifted education program which has been found to be effective in fostering holistic development of students in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, little is known whether the Project is beneficial to teachers. To investigate the changes in teachers after participating i...

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Autores principales: Cheung, Alan Chi Keung, Shek, Daniel Tan Lei, Hui, Anna Na Na, Leung, Kim Hung, Cheung, Ruby Shui Ha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159433
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author Cheung, Alan Chi Keung
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Cheung, Ruby Shui Ha
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description Project GIFT is a pioneer research-based gifted education program which has been found to be effective in fostering holistic development of students in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, little is known whether the Project is beneficial to teachers. To investigate the changes in teachers after participating in the Project, we adopted a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest data collected from experimental and control groups in this study. A total of 2031 primary and secondary school teachers participated in the professional development program of the Project. They completed validated measures on teachers’ knowledge of and attitudes toward gifted education, teaching behaviors, characteristics and competencies, in addition to well-being before and after participating in the program. Results of one-way ANCOVA showed that the program could promote teachers’ knowledge of gifted education and specific teaching strategies to gifted learners. This study provides preliminary support for the program in promoting holistic professional development of participating teachers in gifted education. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-93681862022-08-12 Professional Development for Teachers of Gifted Education in Hong Kong: Instrument Validation and Training Effectiveness Cheung, Alan Chi Keung Shek, Daniel Tan Lei Hui, Anna Na Na Leung, Kim Hung Cheung, Ruby Shui Ha Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Project GIFT is a pioneer research-based gifted education program which has been found to be effective in fostering holistic development of students in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, little is known whether the Project is beneficial to teachers. To investigate the changes in teachers after participating in the Project, we adopted a quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest data collected from experimental and control groups in this study. A total of 2031 primary and secondary school teachers participated in the professional development program of the Project. They completed validated measures on teachers’ knowledge of and attitudes toward gifted education, teaching behaviors, characteristics and competencies, in addition to well-being before and after participating in the program. Results of one-way ANCOVA showed that the program could promote teachers’ knowledge of gifted education and specific teaching strategies to gifted learners. This study provides preliminary support for the program in promoting holistic professional development of participating teachers in gifted education. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. MDPI 2022-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9368186/ /pubmed/35954786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159433 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954786
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