Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the school motivation levels of gifted students and their metaphorical perception of school. For this purpose, quantitative and qualitative approach was used as the mixed method. The sample for both methods consisted of 96 gifted students at secondary school level. For quantitative data, School Motivation Scale was used and the students were also asked to form their metaphors about school as the qualitative data collection tool. Based on the descriptive statistics of School Motivation Scale, scores which indicated +/-1 standard deviation from mean and the metaphors of these students were compared depending on their motivation levels. The metaphors formed were collected under three main headings; positive metaphors, negative metaphors and neutral metaphors. According to the results, students who had high school motivation score stated mostly positive metaphors about school. The students who had low school motivation score tend to state mostly negative metaphors. Key words: Gifted students, Metaphor, mixed method, school motivation.
Highlights
Nowadays, there has been an interest in giftedness and attempts have been made to include the category of gifted children under special education
The School Motivation score which was between +1 sd and -1 sd and metaphors of these students were not analyzed
As the gifted children have crucial importance both for the society and the country, it is crucial to prepare a more accurate education programs considering their perception of school
Summary
There has been an interest in giftedness and attempts have been made to include the category of gifted children under special education. While giftedness is a delicate and interesting subject it is too little to be explored by pedagogy Today, it seems that gifted children should benefit from special training programmes for their adaptation to their high potential. According to Gagné (2003), "Gifted students are those whose potential is distinctly above average in one or more of the following domains of human ability: intellectual, creative, social and physical.
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