Klaipėdos universitetas

The aim of this paper is to analyse the level of awareness and interest of parents and other relevant subjects in a new form of educational preparation for the inclusion of specially talented children, and the adequacy of its introduction to the market, through the analysis of demographic development at selected locations. The research in this area is very underdeveloped, because the focus is shifted towards the other end of the spectrum, and that is why we would like to draw attention to this problem via our article. In the introduction, the paper deals with the theoretical definition of social inclusion of gifted children and social entrepreneurship and its conditions in the Slovak Republic. In a separate chapter, the paper describes the methodology, data collection procedure, and sources and methods used, such as abstraction, comparison, and basic statistical and mathematical methods. Then exponential smoothing was used for prediction. We analysed through a survey the interest of parents and other relevant subjects, and the data collected was then synthesised. The last chapter presents the results of our work together with its limitations, and recommendations for future research. The whole idea of our preschool facility could be summarised in four words based on our results, namely, adequate, necessary, desirable and original. The paper serves to clarify and support the solution of our chosen research problem: education and the inclusion of above-average gifted children through social entrepreneurship.

The 21st century is identified in the country’s strategic documents as a century of rapid technological, climatic and economic change, and countries must not be afraid of innovation and knowledge of the world through information technology. According to strategic documents, the education of gifted children is also one of the country’s priorities. Gifted pre-school children need to develop and continuously improve their abilities, and the stimulation of these abilities can be enhanced by information and communication technologies. The article analyses the educational possibilities for gifted pre-school children using information communication technology, the characteristics of gifted pre-schoolers, and the possibilities for the identification of gifted pre-schoolers. The study suggests that gifted pre-school children are educated in an individualised way according to their needs, they are identified by their abilities which stand out from their peers, information communication technologies are used to diversify the education of gifted pre-school children, and that the biggest problem educators face while developing gifted children is the lack of information and the lack of communication tools.