Psychological support for the development of gifted children in the digital environment

Darovitost pojedinaca predstavlja veliki potencijal za svako društvo i priliku da pojedinac obogati to društvo na gospodarskom, kulturnom, znanstvenom ili bilo kojem drugom podruĉju ljudskog djelovanja. Ona predstavlja sposobnost pojedinca da uz određen trud i zalaganje postiže iznadprosječne rezultate. Zadaća svakog modernog društva je da darovitost pojedinca iskoristi kako bi on tijekom svog života dao maksimum od sebe, kako prema društvu tako i u ispunjenju vlastitih težnji i očekivanja. Kod djece je darovitost osobito važna jer velika sposobnost učenja i mašta svojstvena djeci omogućuje nastanak mnogih idejnih rješenja do kojih bi odrasli teško došli zbog svojih znanja i predrasuda. Često se u znanstvenim krugovima kaže da je otvorenost uma i preispitivanje svih znanstvenih autoriteta i dogmi najbolji put do najvećih otkrića. Stoga je važno u što ranijoj dobi prepoznati darovito dijete te mu omogućiti što brži i kvalitetniji napredak u stjecanju znanja i kompetencija. Uloga obrazovnog sustava u prepoznavanju, praćenju i pomoći darovitoj djeci je ogromna. Za razliku od roditelja, koji su u pravilu subjektivni kod vrednovanja djetetovih potencijala, obrazovni sustav moţe puno objektivnije sagledati stvarne sposobnosti djeteta. Učitelji mogu prepoznati darovito dijete po mnogim osobinama, kao što su: iznadprosječnu moć shvaćanja, rasuđivanja i stjecanja predodžbi, velika moć uopćavanja i uviđanja veza i odnosa, shvaćanja znaĉenja, velika intelektualna znatiţelja, sposobnost samostalnog rada, velika moć zapaţanja, ustrajnost u rješavanju problema i slično. Zahvaljujući trudu i entuzijazmu nastavnog osoblja, ali prije svega sustavnom pristupu obrazovnog sustava, moguće je stvoriti kreativne pojedince koji će biti nositelji napretka društva u gospodarskom, znanstvenom, umjetničkom, sportskom ili bilo kojem drugom području ljudskog djelovanja.The giftedness of individuals represents a great potential for any society and an opportunity for an individual to enrich that society in the economic, cultural, scientific or any other field of human activity. It represents the ability of an individual to achieve above-average results with a certain amount of effort and commitment. The task of every modern society is to use the giftedness of the individual in order to do the best of his abilities during his life, both towards society and in fulfilling his own aspirations and expectations. In children, giftedness is especially important because the great ability of learning and imagination inherent in children allows the emergence of many ideas that would be difficult for adults to come to because of their knowledge and prejudices. It is often said in scientific circles that openness of mind and re-examination of all scientific authorities and dogmas is the best path to the greatest discoveries. Therefore, it is important to recognize a gifted child at an early age and enable him to progress as quickly and efficiently as possible in acquiring knowledge and competencies. The role of the education system in recognizing, monitoring and helping gifted children is enormous. Unlike parents, who are generally subjective in evaluating a child's potential, the education systemcan look at the child's real abilities much more objectively. Teachers can recognize a gifted child by many characteristics, such as: above-average ability of understanding, reasoning and acquiring ideas, great ability of generalizing and recognizing connections and relationships, understanding meaning, great intellectual curiosity, ability to work independently, great ability of observation, perseverance in solving problems and similar. Thanks to the effort and enthusiasm of teaching staff, but above all a systematic approach to the education system, it is possible to create creative individuals who will be the beacons of society's progress in economic, scientific, artistic, sports or any other field of human activity