Investigating Curriculum Development Competency Perception Levels of Teachers Working with Gifted Students in Terms of Different Variables

The main purpose of this study is to examine the curriculum development competency perceptions of teachers working with gifted students. The study was conducted using a quantitative research design with a correlational approach. The participants included 286 teachers working in Science and Art Centers (BILSEM) across Turkey. Data were collected using the “Perception Scale of Curriculum Competency for Teachers Working with Gifted Students,” developed by Göksu and Gelişli (2022).In the data analysis, descriptive statistics (arithmetic mean) were used to determine the competency levels of teachers, while Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were employed to examine the differences in perceptions based on variables such as gender, field of specialization, years of professional experience, faculty of graduation, and years of service at BILSEM.The findings showed that the curriculum development competency perceptions of teachers were generally high (