How Universities Engage in the Early Cultivation of Top-notch Talents:Top American Universities'Practical Experience
Early cultivation is a crucial phase in the development of top-notch innovative talents.Leveraging their unique resource advantages,top American universities actively engage in gifted education in primary and secondary schools,participating in the early cultivation of top-notch talents.Focusing on four core functions-talent identification,talent cultivation,academic research,and teacher training,top American universities have established different types of talent education centers.Through the ways of establishing the training path,restructuring the curriculum,promoting the process of coherence,optimizing the quality of the assessment,and providing psychological support,these centers build up an effective model for the early cultivation of top-notch talents.The U.S.government at all levels,academic institutions,science and technology industry,and public welfare organizations have provided professional support in terms of policy,funding,academics,platforms,etc.,and established a fruitful support and guarantee system.The practice of early cultivation of top-notch talents in the United States has outstanding advantages in talent identification and talent development,can take into account the equity of educational opportunities for disadvantaged groups,integrates multiple resources to provide an effective supplement to in-school gifted education,and builds an international network of gifted education through the cooperation among top universities,which are of certain value as a mirror of the practice.
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