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Prado, Renata Muniz; Fleith, Denise de Souza; Vilarinho-Rezende, Daniela – Parenting for High Potential, 2018
Brazil faces many challenges in gifted education. Programs for the gifted are offered mainly at the public level. However, the amount of governmental investment has been drastically reduced due to the economic and political crises that the nation currently faces, as well as the belief that the investment in gifted education is a waste compared to…
Descriptors: Parents, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Talent Development
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de Alencar, Eunice M. L. Soriano – Gifted Education International, 2014
This article describes the characteristics and accomplishments of Maria Helena Novaes, one of the most creative school psychologists of Brazil. It identifies the people who influenced her and some of the factors that may have contributed to her achievements and rise to eminence. It highlights the numerous opportunities she received during her life…
Descriptors: Creativity, Profiles, School Psychologists, Foreign Countries
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Cohen, LeoNora M. – Roeper Review, 2011
"Natural acceleration" happens through an internal fire that burns to learn and may transcend school boundaries. Based on their passionate interests and connections with a domain, children who hunger for domain understandings outside school curricula require different types of acceleration, motivated by these interests. The lifeworks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Creativity, Learning Motivation
Knobel, Marcelo – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2011
It is estimated that approximately 3 million students are enrolled as international students, and it is possible to project that this number may reach more than 7 million by 2025. As global demand exceeds the supply, competition is building for the best of these students. Some countries (or regions) clearly envisage the opportunity this represents…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Educational Change, Administrative Organization
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Smink, Jeffrey D. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
In the United States and around the rest of the world, there is a renewed focus on ensuring that schools are providing students with the skills necessary to compete in the global economy. High-quality summer learning programs are an ideal vehicle to help students gain content knowledge and develop innovative skills: they provide time for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Thinking Skills, Global Approach, Summer Programs