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- Title
A Gifted Education Model for Jordan: A study of Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
- Authors
Al-Bokai, Haifa
- Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the practices and provisions of the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), a fully accredited, non- profit institute of the Johns Hopkins University. The center has earned an international reputation for the model it has developed for working with students of high mathematical and/or scientific ability. About 38.000 students each year are served through a wide range of provisions that include talent search, summer academic camps, on-line program, diagnostic and counseling center, and family academic camps. The application of the CTY provisions is examined in relation to high ability students in the context of Jordan. To reach to this goal, the researcher used a lot of methods in order to gather data, including CTY document review, meeting the CTY staff, observing a lot of classes, applying questionnaire for CTY International students, meeting the Ministry of Education’s responsibles and Jubilee institution, applying questionnaire for King Abdullah II Schools for excellences' students in Salt city.,The result showed the need to develop CTY model in Jordan for the high ability students.
- Subjects
JOHNS Hopkins University. Center for Talented Youth; FOREIGN students; DISTANCE education; TALENTED students; CURRICULUM planning
- Publication
Dirasat: Educational Sciences, 2017, Vol 44, Issue 4, p393
- ISSN
1026-3713
- Publication type
Article