On educating the teachers of the gifted in Japan

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K20247
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Lassila Erkki Tapio 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 助教 (70945360)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 才能教育 / 教師教育 / 比較研究 / 欧州

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on interview data, survey data and international research visits and the employment of comparative research approach, this project has uncovered how Japanese teachers think about gifted learners and their education, and what kind of skills teachers need learn to achieve this. As a big difference with many European countries, there is little intentional training on gifted education in Japan and also a socio-cultural tendency to avoid giving special attention to gifted and their individual needs. However, upon investigating teachers’ thinking more closely, their attitudes towards talent development are quite positive and if there is heightened awareness of learning needs, it is possible to plan and teach in a way that is beneficial for the gifted learners. Gifted education needs to be made a pertinent theme in teacher education from the start as currently, the teachers cannot develop neither sufficient awareness of the aforementioned needs nor relevant professional skills.

Free Research Field

教師教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

教育のステークホルダー（児童生徒・保護者・世間）の信頼を得て、個別最適なアプローチを活かしながら少しずつ特別な対応の範囲を広げていけば日本でも才能教育が可能になる。
本プロジェクトにより教師教育の役割・身につけるべき資質能力についてのヒントを得て、結果に基づき、具体的なプログラムの工夫が可能である。