Finnish educators' conceptions of the social-emotional needs of mathematically gifted high school students

International audienceThis article presents conceptions of social-emotional needs of mathematically gifted adolescents of certain Finnish educators. The article is based on a qualitative research study conducted with the methods of semi-structured interviews and participant observation in a Finnish high school that offers a special programme for mathematically oriented students. The study shows that the educators considered the most essential social-emotional needs of mathematically gifted students to be the need to be respected as unique personalities, to meet other gifted, to feed and guide the intrinsic motivation