A Comparative Analysis of Gifted Education in Turkey and Singapore

Abstract

The education of gifted individuals, who make up about 2% of the world's population, is important for the economic development and protection of countries in a changing and developing world. In this study, the gifted education in Singapore, which is located in the upper row in international tests such as TIMSS and PISA in recent years and Turkey, which is investing in education to achieve the 2023 targets were analyzed by document review. Horizontal and descriptive approaches were used together. The education of gifted individuals in the countries was examined under the titles of historical development, educational objectives, diagnostic process, teacher selection and training, and educational practices. Turkey starts earlier in the diagnostic process. Gifted students are educated in special classes in mainstream schools in Singapore , while Turkey prefers to support education after school. Both countries provide a variety of special facilities outside the school environment. While Singapore just updating gifted education program launched in 1983, Turkey, which started gifted education in 1929, wasn't seem to provide continuity by making frequent changes.

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“…With comparative education studies, educators can access information about how to find solutions to educational problems in other countries, how good practices are developed, and what alternative approaches can be in the education process (Ertuğrul, 2019;Kuru Çetin, Korkmaz, & Öner, 2017;Tekgöz, 2017). In these studies, researchers wondered about the nature of educational practices and educational structures belonging to different cultures and wrote about the consequences of applying different educational practices in their respective countries (Bray, Adamson, & Mason, 2014;Gülsoy Kerimoğlu, 2019;Ilgar & İncedere, 2016;İş, 2017;Tanrısevdi & Kıral, 2018;Yılmaz Bodur, 2019;Wilson, 2003).…”