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Elite Students Project in Chinese Language 2024/25 [In Chinese Only]

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools
Students and parents

To identify gifted students in primary and secondary schools with excellent performance in Chinese Language, and to provide them with opportunities to showcase their writing potential and creativity so as to unleash their potential, as well as to promote public awareness of the performance of students gifted in Chinese Language

Gifted Education Fund: Off-school Advanced Learning Programmes (2024/25 school year)

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools
Student members and parents of Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE)

Applications for 9 Off-school Advanced Learning Programmes (2024/25) are open to student members of HKAGE between 19 February 2025 and 2 April 2025 12:00 noon.

Gifted Education Fund: Off-school Advanced Learning Programmes Compendium (Chinese version only)

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools
Post-secondary institutions
Non-government organisations
Professional bodies
Technology enterprises

To share the good practices and resources of “Off-school Advanced Learning Programmes” to applicant organisations and teachers for reference

Gifted Education School Network 2023/24 Experience Sharing Compendium

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools

To share the experience of network schools in implementing school-based gifted education and to provide teachers with references in deploying differentiated instruction to cater for the learning and affective needs of gifted students, as well as infusing the core elements advocated in gifted education into the school-based curriculum

Posters on ‘How to Utilise “Student Talent Pool” to Plan and Implement School-based Gifted Education’ and ‘Gifted Education for All, Education for the Gifted’

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools
Parents

To introduce how ‘Student Talent Pool’ could be utilised to facilitate the planning and implementation of school-based gifted education
To introduce rationales and relevant measures on ‘Gifted Education for All’ and ‘Education for the Gifted’

School-based Gifted Education and Talent Pool Resource Kit

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools

To include information about Hong Kong gifted education policy, school-based gifted education, talent pool and gifted education teacher professional development, etc., for school personnel’s reference

Posters on "Nurturing Students with Potential in STEAM" and "Latest Development of Gifted Education and Gifted Education Fund"

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools
Parents

To introduce the strategies to nurture students with potential in STEAM under the “Three-tier Implementation Model” and the latest development of gifted education and Gifted Education Fund respectively

EDB Online Foundation Course for Teachers - Affective Education of Gifted/ More Able Students

Principals and teachers from primary and secondary schools

To equip teachers with basic knowledge of implementation of affective education for gifted students, thus enhancing the ability of identification of and catering for the affective needs of gifted students

在課堂內外支援資優/高能力學生情意及學習需要的策略
第一冊：雙重特殊資優學生（資優兼有特殊教育需要的學生）
（小學）（中學） [In Chinese only]

第二冊：潛能未展資優學生
（小學）（中學） [In Chinese only]

第三冊：資優學生的情緒和精神健康
（小學）（中學） [In Chinese only]

小學及中學教育同工

協助教師了解雙重特殊資優學生、潛能未展資優學生的情意及學習需要
協助教師了解資優學生的情意特質與學生情緒健康的關係
提供相關的辨識工具，以助及早識別並為有需要的學生提供適切支援
透過真實個案，展示有效可行的課堂內外支援策略

Inclusion Pavilion – Gifted Education/
共融資料館-資優教育 [In Chinese only]

雙重特殊資優生：有注意力不足/過度活躍症的資優生
雙重特殊資優生：有讀寫困難的資優生
雙重特殊資優生：有自閉症的資優生

School personnel from primary and secondary schools
Parents

For teachers and parents to understand the needs of twice-exceptional students and effective supporting strategies

資優生情意輔導攻略- 處理資優生課堂的情緒和行為問題
[In Chinese only]

School personnel from primary and secondary schools
Parents

Assists teachers and parents to understand the affective characteristics of gifted students
Analyses the learning and affective needs of different types (including underachievers and twice-exceptional) of gifted students through 12 authentic primary and secondary school student cases
Provides immediate, short-term and medium-term strategies to support gifted students from various perspectives

Rationale and Principles of Gifted Education Policy in Hong Kong

The mission of gifted education is to fully explore and develop the potentials of gifted students systematically and strategically by providing them with opportunities to receive education at appropriate levels in a flexible teaching and learning environment.

To cater to the educational needs of gifted students, we advocate the following principles:

Nurturing multiple intelligences is a fundamental goal of quality basic education and should be the mission of ALL schools;
Gifted education should be part of quality education. The needs of gifted students, like their less able counterparts, should basically be met in their own school;
A broad definition using multiple intelligences should be adopted;
Exploring students' thinking and creativity abilities and social skills should be the foci of gifted education.
Schools should provide sequential and multiple educational activities to gifted students at different levels;
To compile resources collected from educational parties/bodies as support to schools.

Implementation of Gifted Education in Hong Kong

The Education Bureau encourages schools to adopt the "Three-Tier Implementation Model" to plan and implement their school-based gifted education. The core elements advocated in gifted education, i.e. higher-order thinking skills, creativity and personal-social competence should also be immersed in whole-school curriculum planning of Level 1 and 2.

This diagram shows the three-tier operation mode in implementing gifted education in Hong Kong
(a) Level 1 refers to using pedagogies that could tap the potential of students in creativity, critical thinking, problem solving or leadership, etc. in the regular classroom;
(b) Level 2 refers to offering pull-out programmes in disciplinary or interdisciplinary areas for the more able students within the school setting; and
(c) Level 3 refers to provision of learning opportunities for the exceptionally gifted students in the form of specialist training outside the school setting.

Utilisation of Student Talent Pool for the Planning and Implementation of School-based Gifted Education
Achieving ‘Gifted Education for All’ and ‘Education for the Gifted’

To achieve the ultimate goal of ‘gifted education for all’ and ‘education for the gifted’, schools should set up and utilise the school-based student talent pool to identify and nurture gifted talents, as well as facilitating the implementation of school-based gifted education. Please refer to the posters ‘How to Utilise “Student Talent Pool” to Plan and Implement School-based Gifted Education’ and ‘Gifted Education for All, Education for the Gifted’ for details.

Identifying Diverse Potential and Grooming Gifted Talents through Training and Competitions

Nurturing Students with Potential in STEAM

To identify and nurture students with potential in STEAM, as well as enabling them to fully unleash their potential, the EDB encourages schools to adopt the “Three-Tier Implementation Model” and develop school-based talent pools to strengthen STEAM education. To ensure holistic development of gifted students, schools are recommended to reinforce support to students in regard to their learning needs in STEAM and nurture gifted students with potential in STEAM. Please refer to the posters “STEAM for Talent” and “Development of Gifted Education and Gifted Education Fund: Enhance Gifted Education and Nurture Students with Potential in STEAM“ for details.