Abstract:

The urgency of the problem under investigation is demonstrated by the fact that the issue of identification and development of gifted students is regarded as one of the most important aspects of gifted students’ education worldwide. The purpose of the article is to reveal the modern international approaches to identification and development of gifted students and apply them to the Russian education system. The leading approach in the study of this problem is the systematic methodological principle, which allows us to take into account a variety of factors and to exclude one-sidedness. The main result of the study is systematization of the areas of identification and development of gifted students in foreign countries. Different pedagogical innovations have been analyzed to be applied to the Russian national education system. The materials of the article can be used in different researches and will be interesting for a wide range of readers dealing with the problems of teacher training for work with gifted students.

Keywords:

Education, university, gifted students, identification, development, psychological problems, international educational experience.