giftedness

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that adolescence is a sensitive period for the development of giftedness and the formation of a stable personal identity, a system of relationships with oneself and other people, which can be hindered by experiencing social stigmatization. In this context, identification of socio-psychological resources for maintaining subjective stability and proactive development of personality giftedness in the crisis conditions of the modern educational environment seems to be necessary.

The relevance of the research is determined by the two factors. Firstly, there is a social demand to identify and support gifted people, who represent an inalienable capital and a resource for the innovative development of society. Secondly, it is important to identify the determinants and mechanisms of giftedness in ontogenetic, socio-cultural and socio-psychological contexts.

It is shown that in modern psychological and pedagogical studies of one of the pressing problems is the study of the phenomenon of giftedness. In the practice of educational ortutions identified a number of reasons that are associated with nepodgotovlaziness teachers to work with gifted children. Set out Data theoretical analysis of the problem of preparation of the teacher to work with gifted children of preschool and younger shkolno-instar. The requirements for the teacher’s personality, work melting with gifted children, disclosed his professional quality.

Basic aspects of the concept of creative giftedness by A. M. Matyushkin are represented in the context of modern scientific literature and theoretical and experimental research of the staff of the Psychology of Giftedness Laboratory of the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Education.