Giftedness within the Confucian-heritage Cultures
Giftedness within the Confucian-heritage Cultures
The focus of this chapter is gifted education in several countries and regions with a Confucian-heritage culture (CHC), namely China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. With the growing awareness of the specific educational needs of gifted students in these countries, Western conceptions of giftedness commonly provide the theoretical basis for the education of gifted students. There is a growing understanding, however, that the conception of giftedness and gifted education must be specific to the culture concerned if it is to be implemented successfully. Countries with a CHC and those in the West differ not only in terms of the conceptions of giftedness, but in the philosophical basis and implementation of education, thus making it necessary to describe a CHC perspective on gifted education. However, it is also true that there are important differences between CHC countries, which sometimes make it difficult to generalize.
Keywords: Giftedness, Gifted education, Confucian-heritage culture (CHC), Culture
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