Recent developments in gifted education in East Asia

Recent developments in gifted education in East Asia

International handbook on giftedness

• Phillipson, Norman Shane The Hong Kong Institue of Education
• Shi, Jiannong
• Zhang, Guofeng
• Tsai, Den Mo
• Quek, Chwee Geok
• Matsumura, Nobutaka
• Cho, Seokhee

• Shavinina, L. V.

Amsterdam

Springer Science and Business Media

2009

• E Special Education
  • EC Education for the Gifted & Talented Learners
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

South Korea Singapore China Japan Hong Kong East Asia Gifted Education Giftedness Taiwan

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Despite sharing a common cultural heritage, recent developments in gifted education in several countries and regions within East Asia, including the People’s Republic of China (mainland China), Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, show that each country and region is now characterized by different approaches to gifted education. However, the challenges facing many of these countries and regions are remarkably similar, including a number of fundamental issues such as misconceptions as to the role of gifted education within communities that are dominated by extensive and pervasive examination systems, and the limited roles of indigenous research in conceptions of giftedness and curriculum development. In contrast, gifted education in Japan has had a “virtual” existence over many years, although the ability of its education systems – both public and private – to meet the specific needs of its “gifted” students is yet to be determined.
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