УДК 373.5.16:53 Problems and current directions of work with intellectually gifted youth

Abstract

Abstract: the article considers the existing problems of working with intellectually gifted youth. Among the most important and complex problems are the decline in the prestige of intellectual work, insufficient access to full – fledged education among rural youth, the outflow of young people abroad and the low level of funding for educational needs in general and work with gifted youth in particular. One of the most important and promising areas of development of work with gifted youth is the creation of conditions and motivation for intellectual and knowledge-intensive activities of gifted young people. This area of activity is particularly relevant for young people from rural regions.

Based on the analysis of the causes of existing difficulties, five main aspects of the problem of working with intellectually gifted youth are identified and described, namely: financial (material) aspect, organizational, scientific and methodological (content), psychological and pedagogical, social or motivational aspect. It is noted that all these aspects are so closely interrelated that their isolation and separate description are very conditional.

The main ways of successful development of work with intellectually gifted youth are named:

– Maximum use of the capabilities of information and Communication, Computer and other modern technologies.

– Popularization of intellectual competitions as prestigious events that contribute to the growth of the intellectual potential of the nation.

– Conducting various mass intellectual competitions for schoolchildren in a way and in a form that is as accessible as possible for students from rural areas.

– Training and retraining of qualified personnel specializing in working with gifted youth.

– Creation of specialized (multidisciplinary) residential educational institutions in the regions to develop the abilities and talents of rural children.

– Determination of scientifically based general criteria for selecting children to study in institutions for the gifted.

– Organization of qualified and broad selection of rural children for education in specialized educational institutions.

– Organization of a wide and powerful network of distance and distance learning for rural youth on the basis of leading training centers.