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Gifted and Talented Children in Australia: Trends and Developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Janet Williams
Janet Williams*
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University
*
Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford Street, Mt. Lawley, WA, 6050.
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“Education is generally accepted as having, as one of its major functions, the development of every child's potential to the fullest extent possible. It follows, therefore, that gifted children should have their gifts extended by their schools” (Senate Select Committee Report, 1988, p.173). The Committee considers that by encouraging the talents of the most able, Australia will strengthen its most valuable natural resource (its people) and will be in a better position to contribute economically, intellectually, and artistically at an international level.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , May 1991 , pp. 23 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1991

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