The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the examined their criteria in selecting gifted students, requirements for application, management systems by education centers for the gifted in science attached to six universities.(Sunchon Univer...
The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the examined their criteria in selecting gifted students, requirements for application, management systems by education centers for the gifted in science attached to six universities.(Sunchon University, Gyeongsang University, Kyungnam University, Pusan University, Chonbuk University, Changwon University)
The findings of this study were as follows;
First, Developing direction and principle of the programs were not clearly established in a lot of education centents of the programs were focused on science, but the special programs such as moral education, characteristics of scientists, the programs for patents, etc were insufficient.
Second, Multi-step teaching system-basic course, advanced course and mentor system-may be effective to enhance the ability of the gifted and evaluate them continuously. In the most of education centers, the mentor systems were designed to teach the highly advanced knowledge. It is necessary for the students to produce the creative products by cooperating with the professor.
Third, In the most of education centers, there were not various teaching-learning methods relevant to the gifted in science. etc.
Based on this study, it suggested the revitalizes for education centers for the gifted un science of the six universities.