Gifted Education World Wide

In many countries, the idea of gifted education is thought of but nothing is concretely established to guarantee the needs of gifted children are met.

Often, when programs do exist, they are run outside the classroom, as an afterthought.

This is unfortunate because it gives acceptance to the idea that gifted education is outside or separated from general education.

If a country says that they are interested in the education of all children, then gifted children should not be thought of as extra expense or a burden on the existing system.

Research about gifted education world wide has turned up many interesting things. In Canada, each province is responsible for its education system.

Click on the link for an overview of gifted education in South Korea.

Some governments organize their school system differently, placing emphasis on certain subjects. Visit this page for an example of how Russia and Poland manage their systems.

Some place emphasis on education as a whole. An example of this is New Zealand.

There exists a long history of gifted education in the United States. Everything from the space race to No Child Left Behind and how these have had an impact on gifted education.

It is interesting to learn about what some Middle Eastern nations are doing for these children. An overview of this can be found here.

Singapore takes a serious interest in its students. They have many enrichment programs. Read more about Singapore.

Click this link to learn about Germany and how there system is different from the U.S. and Canada.

In Great Britain their way of developing gifted education is integrated and is based on two main ideas.


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