Formação de professores: dotação e talento e educação a distância

Abstract

This work comprises three related but independent studies. The first one is a review that examined scientometric research that addressed the Distance Education and teachers in service education. 55 articles published between 2006 and 2012 were recovered. The second study is also a scientometric analysis, wich aimed to investigate the production, in the same period, about teachers of gifted students, published in two databases. 20 articles were considered. The third study describes the development and evaluation of a formative process conducted for the purpose of preparing teachers to identify gifted students and transform their attitudes toward these students into more positive ones. An experimental group (EG) was compound, with 15 education professionals, and a control group (CG), with 16. A knowledge test and the Likert Scale of Attitudes Toward Identification and Talent Development were used. A significant increase of knowledge and more positive attitudes of the participants of the EG were observed, and the GC remained stable. Evidences were obtained that the gain in knowledge generates more positive attitude towards these students.