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2021-03-05
Nurturing Students’ Self-directed Learning at School-wide / System Level
GE Insights In the educational context of the 21st Century, gifted students are provided with many chances to accelerate and deepen their learning on both academic and non-academic fronts. Although there are many opportunities for them to realise their potential in different areas, it is found that some gifted students are stressed as they are invited by various stakeholders to participate in various activities and programmes. In addition, some of them have lost their passion and direction throughout the journey of knowledge pursuit. Hence, being a self-directed learner is important for gifted students as it is the key for them to become sustainably passionate and determined in exploring and realising their potential.
2021-02-26
Recommendations on Gifted Education Policy
GE Insights After serving as Executive Director for the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) for 6.5 years, I think it’s my responsibility to write down some of my thoughts and recommendations about future gifted education in Hong Kong before returning to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a university faculty. I try to position myself as an independent observer (which is of course not quite possible) who has been observing how gifted education has evolved in Hong Kong in the past 15 years, hoping my experiences will be helpful to those who will take up the challenge of further developing gifted education in Hong Kong. Some of the ideas presented in this article have been flowing around in the gifted education sector for many years already (point (1) below) whereas others reflected what I have observed more recently worldwide (point (2) and (3) below).
Update Date：2025-03-10