Abstract:

The work with gifted children appears to be the most urgent approach at the development of educational science. The aim of the article is to highlight the necessity of teachers to be able to mentor such children towards success. This problem is viewed as an universal one.

The paper pesents the methods that may help teachers to work with gifted children , that are used by educators in different countries. Modern trends that are viewed and analysed in the paper. They require special training for teachers and undestanding of international experience research necessity. In this connection it should be noted that one of the urgent tasks of the higher educational institutions of our country is the problem of updating teachers’ training for work with gifted students and their parents. Therefore, the work with gifted students and the problem of teacher training is regarded as one of the most important problem worldwide. The paper is devoted to the analysis of interesting and useful (The USA, The UK, Germany, France, etc.) experiense. The research reveals that the main components of professional and personal competence of teachers to work with gifted students are professional teacher training, professional and personal position and professional and personal qualities, it also demonstrates that the international experience is determined by the fact that it has theoretical and practical significance for Russian teachers.

Keywords:

Education, students, teacher training, teachers, educational experience.