“Eu sou vô Juca, um ser inconstante como o brilho das estrelas” – o estudo de um superdotado

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the perceptions of an adult individual with indicators of High Abilities/Giftedness (HA/SE) through a study of case, focusing the meanings attributed to the HA/SE, from their familiar and school relations. The data were got through the answers of a questionnaire and the subject was analyzed from the three categories: the perception of him about the HA/SE, the perception concerning to the school and the perception about the family. The theoretical basis of this research approaches questions concerning to the myths linked to the Giftedness, the absence of identifications and the attendance to the Highly Gifted pupils at school, the importance of the educators in this attendance, the idea of some programs of enrichment for pupils with indicators of HA/SE and the importance of the family in the life of these pupils. From the analysis of the data, it was possible to notice that grandpa Juca, subject of this research, he had a distorted view concerning to the HA/SE; that the lack of identification of some of his indicators and of a differenced attendance made him to face some difficulties at school and that his family had great importance in his life.