Identifying the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Educating Gifted Students in Finland and Iran and Providing a Pattern for Iran

This research was conducted aimed to identifying the scientific and philosophical foundations of educating gifted students in Finland and Iran and providing a pattern for Iran. Present study in terms of purpose was fundamental and in terms of implementation method was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The study population in the qualitative section was documents and university experts, which number of 10 people were selected according to the principle of theoretical saturation by purposive sampling method. The study population in the quantitative section was gifted male students of district 5 of Tehran city in 2019-20 academic years, which 160 people were selected according to Krejcie and Morgan table by purposive sampling method. To collect data were used from semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire (57 items). Data were analyzed in the qualitative section by open, axial and selective coding method and in the quantitative section by exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling Amos software. The results showed that the scientific foundations of teaching gifted students Finland have 16 indicators, 4 categories of fixed teachers, need to positive and constructive interactions, importance autonomy and play and complete trust and 2 themes of no segregation and screening of students and trust and its philosophical foundations have 16 indicators, 5 categories of sports and art, emphasis on creativity, interest to learning, According to the model of scientific and philosophical foundations of educating gifted students for Iran, planning is necessary to use it for improve the educational conditions of gifted students.