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Giftedness in Lebanon: Emerging Issues and Future Considerations

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Gifted Education in Lebanese Schools

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Abstract

This study explores the perceptions of elementary teachers in defining and identifying gifted students in order to understand how Lebanese teachers currently view giftedness and to devise a single consolidated definition. The purpose of this chapter is fourfold: to discuss the results obtained, to draw conclusions grounded in the participants’ perspectives and connect them to the literature, to suggest a proposal for a policy that could be adopted with what we were able to learn from this study, and to provide implications for future research and practice.

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  1. Department of Education, Chairperson, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Anies Al-Hroub

  2. Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Jounieh, Lebanon

    Sara El Khoury

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Al-Hroub, A., El Khoury, S. (2018). Giftedness in Lebanon: Emerging Issues and Future Considerations. In: Gifted Education in Lebanese Schools. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78592-9_6

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