The culturally valued domains in talent studies in Iran: experts views

Authors : Saeed AKBARİ ZARDKHANEH, Farnaz MEHDİPOUR MARALANİ, Jalil FATHABADİ, Majid SHAHSAVARİ

Pages : 99-108

Doi:10.17478/jegys.1071484

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Publication Date : 2022-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Talent and giftedness is one of the cultural concepts to identify a person who is eminent in one or numerous domains that society highly regards. So, finding the culturally valued domains in talent studies is a priority, and this has led to the development of measures used in gifted assessment and educational programs in each society. This study aimed to investigate the culturally valued domains in Iran. In this regard, fourteen interviews with educational and psychological experts were carried out. Purposive and snowballing samplings were used, and the participants took part in an unstructured interview. An unstructured interview is an interview with a comprehensive and open question in which the interviewee can lead the conversation. Usually, in an unstructured interview, the interviewer listens and reflects more than speaks. In this study, the experts were asked to describe their idea regards the culturally valued domains in Iran. For analysing data, open, axial, and selective codings of grounded theory were used. Finally, eleven culturally valued domains for identifying talented and gifted students were introduced by the experts. These domains included: Logical and Mathematical, Scienceinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Academic);, Artistic, Leadership, Literacy, Technology, Spatial, Athletic, Social Relationship, Existential, Spiritual and religious and Entrepreneur. This research suggests that these domains should be considered for use in Iran in talent and giftedness studies. Identifying talented students in Iran, which is an Islamic country and culturally different from westerns countries, also considering developmental and educational programs for the identified students could play a significant role in talented studies literature. Furthermore, researching culturally valued domains in other Islamic countries is highly recommended.
Keywords : Talent, Giftedness, culturally valued domains, experts, Grounded theory