Elite Education - Elite Education

...However, the form and method of gifted education differs depending on whether it is "identifying gifted children and providing them with appropriate education" or "providing education to nurture gifted children." The former is synonymous with "genius education" or "elite education," which discovers the potential and natural aptitude of a particular child at an early stage and provides special education, while the latter is synonymous with "talent education," which assumes that the majority of children have potential and maximizes their abilities through scientific training and guidance from an early stage. However, in the narrow sense, the former is often called "gifted education." ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "elite education" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかし，英才教育は〈英才を見いだし，その児童に対して適切な教育をほどこす〉のか〈英才を育てる教育をほどこす〉のかによってその形態，方法は異なる。前者は，特定の児童が有している潜在的な素質や天賦の適性を早期に発見し，特別な教育をほどこす〈天才教育〉や〈エリート教育〉と同義のものとなり，後者は大多数の児童に潜在的な可能性があることを前提とし，早期からの科学的な訓練と指導により，その能力を最大限に発揮させる〈才能教育〉と同義のものとなる。しかし，狭義には，前者を〈英才教育〉と呼ぶ場合が多い。…

※「エリート教育」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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