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Gifted Education and Talent Support in AustriaGifted Education and Talent Support in AustriaRecent Trends Recent Trends
Dr. Claudia Resch, ÖZBFDr. Claudia Resch, ÖZBF Szeged, 25.10.2012Szeged, 25.10.2012
• Task Force Gifted Education and Research (since 2009)– Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture– Ministry of Science and Research– Austrian Research and Support Centre for the Gifted
and Talented
• Whitepaper Promoting Talent and Excellence (2011)
Whitepaper Promoting Talent and ExcellenceWhitepaper Promoting Talent and Excellence
• Addressed „action fields“:
– Creating and optimising networks – Qualification – Research– Early childhood education: family, kindergartens, etc.– Schools– Higher education section– Local communities– Out-of-school learning institutions– Business and companies
Creating and optimising networks - Creating and optimising networks - Talent Day 2012Talent Day 2012
• TalentDay dedicated to European year topic of 2012 “Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations”.
• School competition in the nine Austrian provinces– Topic: „Clever together – Dialogue of the generations”
• ÖZBF: expert symposium on „Developing potentials intergenerationally“
Qualification – International Panel of Experts Qualification – International Panel of Experts for Gifted Education (iPEGE)for Gifted Education (iPEGE)
Interdisciplinary panel of experts in gifted education
Three brochures:- Brochure 1: definition; standards for teachers working with
gifted and talented students (also available in English)
- Brochure 2: description of courses in gifted education (30 ECTS points and above)
- Brochure 3: detailed description of course modules
Qualification – International Panel of Experts Qualification – International Panel of Experts for Gifted Education (iPEGE)for Gifted Education (iPEGE)
• Brochure 4 (in prep.): gifted education in the various disciplines– Symposium at the conference in Munster in Sept.
2012– Symposium at the ÖZBF in Febr. 2013: members of
iPEGE and experts in the disciplines
Qualification – Further teacher training Qualification – Further teacher training
• Contact person for gifted education at every teacher training university
• Joint curriculum of Austrian teacher training universities in further teacher training
Early Childhood EducationEarly Childhood Education
• Course „Identifying and promoting gifted children in kindergarten“– 6 ECTS points– blended learning– Promoting self-efficacy of kindergarten teachers
SchoolsSchools
• New initiative by the Ministry of Education (SQA):
– to promote school quality and school development– Standardisation of school development process:
• development plans– at least two development plans per school– one development plan: gifted education
SchoolsSchools
• Pilot Project „School development through gifted education“
• Three-year development process• Quality criteria for school development through
gifted education• Manual
• Evaluation of other schools focusing on gifted education
Schools: development of diagnostical tool for Schools: development of diagnostical tool for teachers (mBET)teachers (mBET)
• tool for teachers to diagnose gifts/talents in the classroom– for children aged 6-12– Multidimensional approach (e.g. intellectual, kinesthetic, creativity,
motivation, relationships, school achievement, personality etc.) – Questionnaires for teacher, parents and child– Basis für the development of provision measures (round table between
teacher and parents)– Validation with IQ test
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Higher EducationHigher Education
• Survey on gifted education at universities: How are gifted students promoted at Austrian universities?
• Acceleration• Enrichment• Stipends, scholarships, awards• Promotion of doctoral candidates• Etc.
– Best-Practice models– Basis for recommendations
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Higher EducationHigher Education
• Talent Austria Stipend
– Award for master theses
– Scholarships for doctoral students• General research in gifted education • Research on brain drain, brain circulation and
brain migration to and from CEE countries
Imagefilm by the ÖZBFImagefilm by the ÖZBF
„Promoting gifts and talents creates „Promoting gifts and talents creates opportunities“opportunities“
to raise awareness for the small and sometimes not so clearly recognizable talents