فاعلية برنامج الإعداد التربوي بجامعة أم القرى في تعريف الطالب المعلم المتخصص في الاجتماعيات بخصائص التلميذ الموهوب في هذا الحقل

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to discover the effectiveness of teacher education program at Umm Al-Qura University in introducing the characteristics of the gifted student to the student teacher in spatial ability , interapersonal ability , and interpersonal ability . The sample includs (206) male and female student teachers of social studies at the second semester of the year 1998. This second semester decided for the study was chosen randomly. The results indicate that the Teacher Education Program at Umm Al-Qura University for social studies is introducing five characteristics of the gifted student at the high rate. Four of them are related to the interpersonal ability and they are as follows: 1-ability to concentrate. 2-persistence on taskes. 3- self-confidence. 4- self-motivation. The fifth characteristics is related to spatial ability which is the ability of the gifted student to organize and classify objects . The program also introduces twenty five other characteristics of the gifted student at moderate rate such as: evaluation of his behavior by his peers , his ability of taking risks , etc. The study recommends that Teachers Education Program should focus more on introducing the characteristics of the gifted student to student teacher of the social studies as well as introducing In-service Program dealing with the characteristics of the gifted student in the field of social studies.