A differentiation approach to art education of gifted and talented students

The aim of this research is to develop a differentiation approach towards the visual arts education of gifted and talented students studying at the Science and Art Center. The developed differentiation approach has been evaluated by examining its effect on students' creativity. It is thought that the study enables gifted students to use their potential at the best level in the visual arts lesson. The research is important in terms of its effect on the creativity of gifted / intelligent students by improving students' different and creative thinking skills. In addition, the research is important in terms of demonstrating the effectiveness of the developed differentiation approach by comparing with the lessons taught within the framework of a model applied in the world.It is thought that this study will both contribute and have a place in the body of literature in terms of being one of the limited studies within the scope of developed differentiation approach and also the results obtained for the visual arts education of gifted / talented individuals. Quantitative research design was used in the study. Single group pre-test - post-test method was performed within the scope of quantitative research design.For this reason, Torrance creativity test was applied to determine the effectiveness of the developed differentiation method, the results were tabulated, interpreted, and in this way got the lowdown.The target population of the study conducted within the scope of the research is gifted and talented individuals who are diagnosed in the field of visual arts within the borders of Turkey ; sample consists of 45 individuals with special talent who study in a science and art center in Istanbul. Purposeful sampling was applied in the study. A differentiation approach was developed for the visual arts education of gifted and talented students within the scope of the research .In terms of developing a differentiation approach, the subject of 'Immigration and Refugee'was selectedwhich can be covered within the visual arts course in the Bilsem Activity Book prepared by the Ministry of National Education for Science and Art centers and some differentiation of the current subject was made in terms of content, process, product and learning environment.The guide book in question is not prepared according to a special teaching method for talented students ; in terms of the acquisitions it contains, it brings through the same achievements as the visual arts course curriculum of the secondary schools of the Ministry of National Education, which are included in formal education.In terms of content, the achievements of the Talents Are Unlimited Model (Carol Schlichter) are also included within the current topic.The strategies, basic skills, research skills and products that teachers will use throughout the process are included.In the development of the differentiation approach, The Talents Are Unlimited Model, which is designed for gifted and talented students, has been used worldwide.Within the scope of the research, the courses designed for the developed differentiation approach used by the teachers in the Visual Arts course were compared with the activity book containing the curriculum of the Ministry of National Education and the results were interpreted.It was observed that there was a significant increase in the Visual Arts course success points and creativity scores of the students.