A New Look on the Development and Learning of Children with High Abilities

• Main Author: Giovana Mattei
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho 2007-09-01
• Series: Educação: Teoria e Prática
• Subjects: Crianças com altas habilidades/superdotação; aprendizado e desenvolvimento; Educação.
• Online Access: http://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/educacao/article/view/702

When we approach the subject development and learning soon in them it comes the mind the process of education and specific learning of the pertaining to school environment. However we must have clearly that the development as well as learning is complex processes that involves the pertaining not only the school environment but the development of the physical, mental and social of the human being. The human being is not only intellect, is a complex being with strong cognitive and ambient support, of interactions, learnings and consequently development and evolution. This capacity to learn during all the life, exactly without being present in a pertaining school environment, is what in them it becomes only beings capable to be able to interpret, to reveal knowledge, to develop itself socially intellectual and, that is learning in potential. With regard to the children superendowed or carrying of high innumerable abilities doubts and contradictions thus permeat the relative aspects to its development and learning, different visions and perspectives are analyzed in order to contribute and to clarify aspects related to these children special, so that school and educators can assist in significant way these children potentializing his capacities.