Topic > Analysis of a Program for Gifted and Talented Students

A. Background informationCCC Kei Faat Primary School is a public school directly under the Hong Kong CCCC (Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China), founded in 1965. The school has a long history and excellent school spirit. It is committed to providing quality “Integral Education” that emphasizes the cultivation of students' morality, intelligence, physical and social skills. Gifted and talented education has been included in the scope of the school development plan. Furthermore, the school considers “popularizing and optimizing gifted and talented education” as their educational concept. Therefore, teachers see every student as unrefined gold who has enormous potential. They have dedicated their efforts to recognizing students' individual differences and maximizing their high potential. To achieve this goal, the school identified and selected gifted students based on report no. 4 of the Ghana Education Commission and the Theory of Multiple Intelligence. In terms of building talent development programs, the school has adopted a three-tier operation model including whole class mode, retreat program and off-site support. It also provided a wide range of special programs to meet the unique learning needs of those gifted students. These programs are mainly divided into seven subjects. These are Chinese, English, mathematics, common sense, putonghua, multiple intelligence and leadership. In this case, the program is aimed at students from fourth to sixth primary school. The course takes place in small class sizes, enrolling only sixteen students. It aims to explain various creative strategies to develop students' creativity. Kitano and Kirby (1986) state that creativity is the ability to elaborate the......medium of a document......e.g. on school-based talent development programs. Retrieved from http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid=3165&langno=1Hollingworth, L. (1926). Gifted children: their nature and their education. New York: Macmillan. Kitano, M. K. & Kirby, D. F. (1986). Gifted education: A comprehensive view. Boston: Little, Brown.Leung, W.C.(2014). Acceleration and EnrichmentLeung, W.C.(2014). Future DirectionsGifted Education Section (2005). Development of gifted education in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Pressey, S. L. (1949) Hong Kong Government. Educational acceleration: Basic problem assessment. Office of Educational Research Monographs, No.31.Columbus: Ohio State University PressSmutny, J.F. (2003). Gifted education: Promising practices. Bloomington, Indiana: Educational Foundation.Torrance, E.P. (1965). Reward creative behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.