Keyword: «signs of giftedness»

The paper discusses the issue of egocentrism among primary school children with signs of giftedness. Society needs people with all kinds of talent, and this diversity is prepared and already apparent in the early school years. Egocentrism among primary school children with signs of giftedness also causes difficulties in relationships with peers. Egocentrism among primary school children with signs of giftedness brings many problems, which can be solved by the help of teachers and psychologists.

The relevance of the problem under study is related to the examination of the characteristics of the giftedness signs development in students of psychological and pedagogical classes. Psychological and pedagogical classes form high school students’ ideas about pedagogical and psychological professions, help in self-discovery, development of professional interests, and allow them to try themselves in the profession. Purpose of the study: to identify specific features of the educational process organization in psychological and pedagogical classes that contribute to the development of giftedness in high school students. Objectives of the study: to study the specific features of the giftedness signs development in students of psychological and pedagogical classes, to identify the content and forms of the giftedness signs development in high school students, to work out a program for the development of giftedness in students of psychological and pedagogical classes. The works of scientists in the field of giftedness, pedagogical and developmental psychology and educational psychology served as the theoretical and methodological basis of this work. Research methods: theoretical (study and analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature; analysis, generalization and systematization of information from scientific sources); empirical (testing, questioning, pedagogical experiment); methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The study was conducted on the basis of the Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 5” in the city of Donskoy, Tula Region. 20 students of the 10th and 11th grade of psychological and pedagogical classes took part in the pilot study. The diagnostic program included 5 methods. The experience of testing the “Fundamentals of Psychology” program is described. The novelty of the publication is associated with the use of web technologies in the program for the development of giftedness signs in students of psychological and pedagogical classes, which take into account the interests of the modern generation, trends towards computerization, and the expansion of artificial intelligence use in the educational environment of the school. The creative potential of future teachers is increased through the use of tasks to generate an image based on a text query using a neural network, media lessons, web quests, web excursions, Internet competitions, etc. The study showes that the development of giftedness signs in students of psychological and pedagogical classes through web technologies will be more successful if the individual and psychological characteristics of students in the psychological and pedagogical class are taken into account; deepen knowledge about psychological and pedagogical professions; use web technologies when working with students. These conditions were tested during the implementation of a psychological and pedagogical program, as a result of which positive changes in the studied indicators were recorded. The program for developing signs of giftedness among students in psychological and pedagogical classes has aroused interest and can be used by psychologists and teachers.