TITLE:
Chemistry and Giftedness: A Delight Full and Catalytic Mixture in a Home Enrichment Model
AUTHORS:
Kelling Cabral Souto, Mônica Braga Xavier, Helena Carla Castro, Cristina Maria Carvalho Delou
KEYWORDS:
Home Enrichment, High Abilities or Giftedness, Chemical
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.13 No.1,
January
19,
2022
ABSTRACT: Considering the importance of an enriched environment to promote meaningful, autonomous and motivating learning for High Abilities or Gifted students (HA/Gs) and the gaps left by most schools worldwide in attending this public, this work described a model of home educational enrichment for HA/Gs in the area of chemistry to improve their teaching process. The model takes into consideration the changes experienced lately in education during the pandemic situation of COVID-19, allowing to work at home on skills and competences, through a set of playful and educational activities, based on a chemical main theme. It requires minimal resources and knowledge as it uses everyday materials and concepts. The activities and results obtained with two children with High Abilities or Giftedness were encouraging. Throughout the process, the children were motivated, collaborative, creative and investigative. Learning took place in a participatory manner. The results demonstrate the feasibility of home enrichment and pointed it as a strategy to be used to promote education (supplementation) with this special needs group.