期刊名称：Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal
印刷版ISSN：1855-9719
电子版ISSN：2232-2647
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：31-54
出版社：University of Ljubljana
摘要：While the focus in Germany was initially on disabled children only, thepromotion of gifted and talented children has become increasingly important.Different organisations and institutions, ranging from parents’associations to foundations, offer a large variety of measures cateringfor the special demands of gifted and talented children, enabling the exchangeof information on giftedness and the cooperation of differentinstitutions. Talented children are also provided with access to scholarshipsas well as to special academies and competitions on different topics.Furthermore, educators and researches involved in the promotionof giftedness can attend conferences as well as gaining qualifications asspecialists in gifted education and talent support. In addition to thesenationwide, extracurricular measures, the individual federal states offervarious acceleration and enrichment activities for children with highabilities at school. Overall, this leads to a diverse system of gifted educationand talent support in Germany. It does, however, mean that Germanylacks a common national strategy of gifted education and talentsupport due to the lack of networking of the individual federal states. Byexchanging ideas and information on their applied concepts of abilitypromotion, the federal states could benefit from each other’s expertiseand experiences. Further improvement could be achieved if concepts ofgifted education and talent support were to become an integral part ofvarious discussions, such as those on inclusive education or on the resultsof international comparative studies (e.g., PISA, PIRLS or TIMSS).
关键词：gifted education; talent support; Germany; federal states;foundations; associations; enrichment; acceleration
