Context and Organizational Changes in Gifted Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia

Abstract

Although there were studies that investigated some aspects of remote education and educational experience of different stakeholders during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a lack of data and studies that explored context and effects of organizational changes in education during the pandemic on gifted students. This paper is part of the wider qualitative study about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on schooling in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia that specifically included gifted students (both from primary and high schools). In the first part of the paper, some basic characteristics of access to the gifted, identification procedures and support for gifted students in three countries are discussed, while in the second part organizational changes in emergency circumstances during the pandemic are considered. It is shown that, besides similarities and differences in approach, gifted students could be considered a vulnerable group in all three countries of the region.

Iako su postojale studije koje su istraživale neke aspekte obrazovanja na daljinu i obrazovno iskustvo različitih učesnika obrazovnog procesa tokom pandemije Covid19, nedostaju podaci i studije koje su istraživale kontekst i efekte organizacionih promena u obrazovanju tokom pandemije na darovite učenike. Ovaj rad je deo šire kvalitativne studije o efektima pandemije Covid-19 na obrazovanje u Hrvatskoj, Srbiji i Sloveniji koja je posebno obuhvatila i darovite učenike (osnovne i srednje škole). U prvom delu rada razmatraju se neke osnovne karakteristike pristupa darovitim učenicima, postupci identifikacije i podrška za darovite učenike u tri zemlje. U drugom delu rada razmatraju se organizacione promene u vanrednim okolnostima tokom pandemije. Pokazalo se da se, pored sličnosti i razlika u pristupu, u sve tri zemlje regiona daroviti učenici mogu smatrati ranjivom grupom.