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Yakavets, Natallia – Research Papers in Education, 2014
This paper explores the current education reform agenda in Kazakhstan, which is underpinned, in part, by the argument that investment in human capital through elite institutions for gifted children can lift up the whole system of education. The paper revisits two broad theoretical perspectives, relating to human capital and to ideas about…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Social Change
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Bugaj, Stephen J. – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
Though targeted for governmental reform since 2002, services envisioned for gifted and talented students have not materialized in Japan. From the perspective of his personal experience as a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund participant in 2005 and an extensive review of available literature and contacts with the Japanese Ministry of Education,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences