Ingenium 2000: International Conference on Education for the Gifted. Opening Address.

Autor/in	Meyer, P. S.
Titel	Ingenium 2000: International Conference on Education for the Gifted. Opening Address.
Quelle	(1984), (13 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Conferences; Educational Planning; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Gifted; Government Role; Research Projects; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsplanung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Forschungsvorhaben; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In these opening remarks to a 1984 International Conference on Education for the Gifted at the University of Stellenbosch, Union of South Africa, the Director-General of National Education summarizes the South African Government's approach to programs for gifted education. The diversity and complexity of the South African population calls for a differentiated approach to the teaching of gifted children. The first or basic phase of such an approach should be the upgrading of the general standard of education of those groups still handicapped by a significant backlog. During the second phase, gifted programs suited to the cultural and linguistic needs of the different groups should be developed and implemented. The government has accepted the principle that all children have a claim to equal educational opportunities, irrespective of race, color, creed, or sex and has incorporated this principle into the National Policy for General Education Affairs Act of 1984. In 1982, the Human Sciences Research Council was commissioned to collect empirical data that will serve as a scientific basis for the formulation of a coordinated national policy for gifted education in South Africa and a continuous research policy in the field. The results will be reported during the course of the conference. (VW)
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