Abstract:

The national development strategies of many countries, which are EU members prioritize the stronger orientation to an economy based on the knowledge, on the development of research work and on the technological development and innovation. This requires a policy oriented to supporting the mechanisms, structures and institutions which are in favor of creating and assimilating the innovations and the wide introduction of the information and communication technologies. This policy is to be supported in the production sector as well as in the public sector. The search and demand of science-based approaches is applied as a standard. Bulgaria is one of the few countries in the world that offers young children the opportunity to study computer science from a very early age in extracurricular classes and also organizes competitions in computer science for students of all ages. In this paper is given an overview of the existing researches to the topic. Here are presented the general didactic principles for creating a learning process. It is searched their work-ability for training talented kids in computer science. The paper analyzes and well-ground that there is a necessity of an early start for children in learning the basic principles of programming. What's more is a description of the scientific and educational necessity of discovering and training gifted children to participate in programming competitions. We present and also analyze some of the key practical situations that show the important role of the teacher. In the favor of the past statements, we have experimental results that prove the effectiveness of the recommended approach.

Keywords:

Teachers' support, gifted trainee, student's competitions in programming, pedagogical approaches.