The Thoughts of Gifted Students on School Management

Abstract

Developments in the 21st century have been effective in the field of education, as in many other fields, and have caused some changes. As a new education policy, the 2023 Education Vision document was structured within the framework of this change and tried to respond to the developments by taking its place in the Turkish Education system. Turkey in the framework of this vision, making innovations in education away from rote education, trying to keep pace with global developments responsibility 21st century skills to individuals who have acquired productive aims to educate. Qualified people equipped with 21st century skills also constitute a country's potential power source, one of which is the young population. Special talented students also constitute a significant part of this young population. Specially talented students, who are seen as the greatest wealth of countries and society and defined as "gift children" and "underground ore" in the literature, have become a strategically important power factor for states due to their creation of qualified manpower. All states tried to reach qualified and specially talented manpower in order to use human resources efficiently and wanted to use this potential for the benefit of the country. States have benefited from this potential by using talented individuals in government service in order to protect themselves, feel strong and maintain their continuity. Developments in this century have also caused changes in the expectations of students and parents from schools and principals. Depending on the change in the world, school principals need to reposition themselves according to this change and transformation, and adopt a more powerful and flexible structure by changing and transforming. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the thoughts of gifted students on school management. Knowing the thoughts of gifted students on school management will provide a better understanding of both the factors affecting the education of special talented students and the education of gifted students.