Gifted Education in Eastern Australia

Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 1979.

New South Wales Department of Education, “The Education of the Talented Child”. Report of the Committee appointed by the Minister for Education to Enquire into the Education of the Talented Child, Sydney, 1977, p. 3.

Circular sent to high schools in the Central Metropolitan Directorate, New South Wales Department of Education, 1982.

An account of the programme is given in “Semester System. New Concept in Learning”, School Gazette, pp. 6, 8.

Creed K. , “Theory into Action: 1”, The Educational Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 4 (1980).

Creed K. , “Secondary Schools Division. Gifted Children Task Force”, Victorian Education Department, 1980.

Ahern M. J. , Final Report of the Select Committee on Education in Queensland, Queensland Government Printer, 1980.

Pirozzo R. , “Provisions Made for Gifted and Talented Children in Australia”, New Horizons in Education, No. 65 (Spring 1982).

Pirozzo R. , “Education of Gifted Children”, Queensland Teachers' Journal, Vol. 4, No. 6 (1982).

Activities offered have included: Kite making, creative writing, computers, resuscitation procedures, orienteering, French, Ancient History, nature studies, astronomy and environmental studies.