FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1992
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JOCKEY CLUB DONATION FOR GIFTED EDUCATION RESEARCH
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MILLION FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS DONATED $1.16
RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PILOT PROJECT IN RESEARCH ON GIFTED EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
UNDER THE PROJECT, IDENTIFICATION TOOLS WOULD BE TESTED FOR ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN IN LOCAL SCHOOLS.
ADAPTED AND
THE EDUCATION ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, IN ITS DEPARTMENT SAID
REPORT NO.
RECOGNISED
LACK THE
OF DATA ON THESE
AS CHILDREN
WELL IDENTIFICATION TOOLS AND AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES FOR THEM.
AS
IT WAS
HOPED THAT
THROUGH THIS
OTHER PROJECT, GIFTED CHILDREN IN HONG
RELATED KONG
INFORMATION AND DATA ON ACADEMICALLY COULD BE GATHERED, HE SAID.
THE
RESEARCH
WORK WOULD
BE
CARRIED
OUT BY
THE
TERTIARY
INSTITUTES, PROBABLY IN THE 1992-93 SCHOOL YEAR.
LETTER TO ALL TERTIARY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL SEND A
THEM ΤΟ INSTITUTES AND THE HONG KONG PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO INVITE APPLY FOR THE RESEARCH FUND.
AN ADVISORY
FROM
HE ADDED THAT REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE WOULD BE FORMED WITH THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO OVERSEE THE
PROJECT, RESEARCH
INCLUDING VETTING THE PROPOSALS FROM THE TERTIARY INSTITUTES.
TOOL WAS THE HONG KONG ADAPTED AND STANDARDISED THE EDUCATION
AT PRESENT, THE MAIN IDENTIFICATION WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN, LOCALLY FROM 1978 TO
IN 1982 BY
DEPARTMENT WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE HONG KONG COLLABORATION PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AND THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
INTELLECTUAL
SO
OF
ON INFORMATION "IT GIVES RELIABLE AND OBJECTIVE ABILITY IN DETERMINING WHETHER A CHILD IS ACADEMICALLY GIFTED, BUT
NO ESTABLISHED LOCAL TOOLS FOR FAR THERE ARE
ASSESSING CREATIVE
THINKING SKILL WHICH
CHARACTERISTIC ESSENTIAL GIFTEDNESS," HE SAID.
IS ALSO AN
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