The Organizational Committee of the Faculty of Education, University St. Kliment Ohridski – Bitola, has the honour to invite you to the First International Conference on GIFTED AND TALENTED CREATORS OF THE PROGRESS. The Conference is aiming at exchange of opinions, knowledge and practical experience about current issues in the above-mentioned area. The Conference will be addressing scholars and researchers from various fields of interest, such as pedagogy, psychology, methodology, sociology, cultural studies, linguistics, communication science, philosophy.

Specific Conference aims: promotion of research achievements and contribution to further development of pedagogic theory and practice, introducing the social public with the requirements of gifted and talented, modern systems, concepts and best practice models, internationalization of theoretical and empirical experiences of participants, strengthening the institutional capacities for supporting the gifted and talented, positive implications in the overall approach at institutional level.

Main topics to be discussed:

• Declaration on The Educational Rights of Gifted and Talented Children
• Social and Institutional Approach to The Gifted and Talented
• Developing insights into the phenomenon of Giftedness
• Change of The Image Paradigm about The Students
• Conceptualization of Giftedness
• Modern Insight into Giftedness Origins and Development
• School and Educators in Modern Conditions
• Gifted Students at School
• Distinguishing Gifted and Talented Students
• Early Perceptive of The Gifted and Talented
• Giftedness in Pre-school Institutions
• Motivation of The Gifted
• Traits and Characteristics of The Gifted
• Profile of The Gifted and Talented
• Reasons for Failure of The Gifted and Talented
• Extra Classes for The Gifted and Talented
• Labelling The Gifted and The Talented
• Identification of The Gifted and The Talented
• Teachers Role in The Identification of The Gifted and The Talented
• The Teacher and The Gifted Children
• Roles of The Teacher
• Traits of The Teacher
• Selecting Teachers for Working with Gifted Students
• Forms of Preparations Necessary for Teachers who are to Work with The Gifted
• Curriculum for Work with The Gifted
• Family Environment of The Gifted
• Monitoring The Development of The Gifted and Talented Students
• Professional School Service for Work with The Gifted Students
• The Gifted in The Students Population
• Mentoring The Gifted and The Talented
Submissions to the conference are not restricted to the special topics listed above. We welcome proposals relating to any area or subject in the field of pedagogical approaches in the work with gifted and talented.