Archive for December, 2007

Documente oficiale “Consiliului Europei”: Education for gifted children

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Documente publicate de "Consiliul Europei"[ more ]

Ministry of Education - China

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Article 1  This Act is enacted to protect people’s rights to learning and education, establish guidelines for basic education, and perfect educational systems. Article 2 People are the subject of education rights. The purposes of education are to cultivate modern citizens with sense of national identity and international perspectives by fostering the development of ...

Learn to Love Our Planet

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The Campaign "Learn to Love Our Planet" is scheduled to commence on November 29 and end on December 16 in the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall. At a press conference, Yuan Tseh Lee, a Nobel laureate from Taiwan and Minister of Education Tu Cheng-sheng, escorted a roving polar bear, raised public ...

The Education of Gifted and Talented Children

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The Senate referred this inquiry to the Committee on 12 October 2000. It follows up a 1988 report by the Senate Select Committee on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children.The current inquiry was prompted by continuing concerns about whether the education system adequately acknowledges and responds to the special ...

England : Assessment arrangements

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The main purpose of compulsory baseline assessment schemes, formally introduced in publicly-maintained schools in the primary sector throughout England in September 1998, was that they should facilitate an assessment of each child's knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills on entry to primary school. [ more ]

University of Connecticut - The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT)

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The National Research Center on Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) current 5-year research plan will lead to empirical and descriptive understandings of "what works in gifted education." The emphasis on identification, instructional/curricular models, and traditional and performance-based assessments will demonstrate how to nurture and develop the talents and abilities of young ...

World Class Arena

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

World Class Arena is an international initiative designed to identify and assess gifted and talented students around the world. It was devised by the British government Department for Education and Skills (DfES), and World Class Arena items have been trialed by teachers and students in the UK, Australia, New Zealand ...

University of Cambridge - THE GUIDE TO QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The University’s mission is ‘to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence’. This reflects one of its core values which is to provide quality and depth of provision across all subjects. In order to ensure that the quality of learning and teaching activities ...

The Report of the Senate Select Committee on The Education of Gifted & Talented Children: A Ten Year Report Card

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

It is over ten years since the Senate Select Committee on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children delivered its report: The Education of Gifted and Talented Children (Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988). The report contains nine recommendations which, the Committee believed "9.15 ... [being] all within the Commonwealth's area ...

The Education and Other Legislation

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The Bill was developed in response to issues which emerged in the Anglican inquiry into past handling of complaints of sexual abuse in schools, and the subsequent recommendations of the Ministerial Taskforce established by the Premier to address these issues. It incorporates amendments to the following Acts: Education (Teacher ...