The role of school activities in highlighting the characteristics of talent among primary school students

Abstract EN

: This study aimed to reveal the status-quo of the role of school activities in highlighting the characteristics of the talented among the primary school students.

The study used the descriptive methods and made use of a questionnaire for collecting data that was administered to a sample consisting of 243 primary school teachers distributed over the six educational districts in Kuwait (Al-Ahmadi - Al-Farwaniyah - Jahra - Hawally - Al-Asimah - Mubarak Al-Kabeer).

The results of the study indicated that the total role of school activities in highlighting the characteristics of the talented among the primary school students came to a medium degree, and that the status-quo of the role of school activities in highlighting the characteristics of the talented in terms of (mental, cognitive, social, and physical) among primary school students from the viewpoints of teachers came to a degree Medium, while the status-quo of the role of school activities in highlighting the characteristics of the talented in terms of (emotional) among primary school students from the viewpoints of teachers to a high degree.

The results also indicated that there were differences in the responses of the study sample due to the gender variable in favor of females, and there were no differences in the sample responses due to the variables of the educational region.