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Some Implications for the Future of Gifted Education in the Asia-Pacific

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Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific

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Abstract

In this handbook, innumerable achievements, issues, and concerns were considered about researching gifted education and educating gifted and talented students in the Asia-Pacific and rim nations. Not including the introductory and the concluding chapters, 62 chapters were divided amongst the six parts of the handbook, ranging from 8 to 13 chapters to a section. This large corpus of chapters makes for a diverse range of ideas, theories, discourse, research, content, and practical applications to nurture the talent development of gifted children, youth, and adults and support families, educators, researchers, mentors, and advocates. A number of issues and associated implications evolved from these six sections and some of these will be reiterated in this chapter. It is hoped that reading the chapters in this handbook will encourage even more scholarly reflection, interdisciplinary research, collaborative action, and some new directions to support talent development both within this region and beyond.

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Smith, S.R. (2021). Some Implications for the Future of Gifted Education in the Asia-Pacific. In: Smith, S.R. (eds) Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4_69

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