The Early Detection and Cultivation Mechanism of Gifted Students in the Netherlands
Education in the Netherlands has a highly layered system.The policy evolution of gifted education in the Netherlands has undergone three stages:the initial,exploration,and innovation peri-ods.Based on the Cartel-Horn-Carroll theory and the relevant concepts of the cross-battery assessment approach,the Netherlands mainly uses intelligence tests,non-verbal ability tests,and creativity tests as the identification tools in the early detection and selection of gifted students.At the same time,it considers the nomination from teachers,parents,guardians,peers,and students as another effective channel for identifying talented students.The Netherlands mainly adopts two types of placement for gifted students,isolation and integration,and two types of cultivation,acceleration and enrichment.Experiences from the Netherlands'early detection and cultivation mechanism of gifted children include:carrying out the new concept of gifted education and paying attention to the potential gifted students,moving from isolation to integration in terms of placement,combining the ideas of convergent differen-tiation and divergent differentiation in the cultivation,and conducting evidence-based teaching for gifted children to ensure the long-term effectiveness of education.
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