Enter the Genius (Re-examining Talent Education)

Author: Yue Long, Eastern Press
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: Based on an inventory of gifted education, this book solemnly points out: An era lacking gifted individuals is a tragic era; a nation that cannot cultivate gifted individuals has no future; a nation without gifted individuals is one with declining vitality. The desire for children to excel is the heart of all parents. The times are calling for gifted education in all aspects, but how should we understand gifted individuals and gifted education? What experiences and lessons have been provided by the ups and downs of gifted education? What conditions are needed for gifted education today? Every person unwilling to settle for mediocrity can surely provoke strong reflections from the book. Gifted education is a complex and real existence, as well as a vast and open system. It has a long history of development, leaving us with rich spiritual heritage and highly valuable experiences. Only by truly grasping the current state of our times, correctly understanding the meaning of gifted individuals under new conditions, reviewing the history of gifted education clearly, summarizing systematic experiences, and conducting rational discussions and in-depth research on factors such as the environment, teachers, students, experiments, and parents involved in the process of gifted education, can we give the concept of "gifted education" full contemporary meaning. Only then can we properly answer the harsh and sharp question posed by the times and history—whether we will survive or perish—and truly fulfill the great historical mission of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Although gifted education is not a panacea, and students who receive gifted education may not all become true gifted individuals or play a positive role in reality, without gifted education, achieving greater development in the new century would be extremely difficult. Reviewing gifted education is essentially a reassessment and call for it; fundamentally, it demonstrates that gifted education is not a monster or, and there is absolutely no need to fear or reject it. As long as we uphold science, cherish truth, dare to practice, and dare to innovate, we will surely be able to cultivate a large number of gifted individuals. Only by accepting gifted education in concept and striving to practice it in action can we truly become the hope of the Chinese nation and the most solid foundation supporting China in the 21st century!