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Gifted Education International 2004 Vol 18 297-300©2004 A B Academic Publishers

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Conny SemiawanEducation Sciences Jakarta State University Indonesia

recent developments inprovision of education forthe gl l le talented GT)in indonesia*

Abstract

In Indonesia there is an increased awareness that all children need to receive an education that takesinto account their special clulrlldcistics as learners. hose who possess higher intellectual abilities and

the potentialor

outstanding achitvtments in comparison with their classmates will receive adifferentiated e d u a ~ t i o n topportunity to bt tl lt to realist their potentials fully . Yet those who don tpossess those advanctd sldlls will be treated with an a,ropriate program in accordance with theirparticular needs.

Today many schools in Indonesia are tryingto implement an accelerated program tofulfil the needs of those who posses hi ftintellectual abilities.

Among the range o educationalimplementation options to cater for thepossibilities of the acceleration program

most of the schools develop special classes toconduct enrichment which includes lateralas well as vertical extension. Enrichment is

pplied t th same level of challenge as wellas at a higher level of challenge. For the lastprovision of learning this means thatacceleration beyond their enrolment cohortinto a higher cohort would result in a grade

Some parts of this paper are parts of the author s lectures and papers at other presentations .Volum e 18 o 3, 2004, 297

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A s ec ond r o ute in t his ca se can be used in

findi n g a s o lution : lang ua ge m ight b e them o st ob v ious a ltern at ive, co mbin ed wi th spati a l mod e ling o r even b odily -kines th eticm e taph or . Th ou gh t he sec on d ro ut e - t he lang u age, sp atial m od e lin g or w hate ve r, is n o t m a th itself ; and a t some p oint t he lear ne rm us t trans la te bac k into th e dom ain of m ath.H owev e r, wi th out a lingu istic t ra nslat io n,the m ath tr an slati on is on ly a sin g le fun neleda p proa ch to the m ind. T heref or e, a ls obeca u se the g ift of l angu ag e s u n ivers al andcr eates h u m a n cult u re, a g ood langu ag einst ru ction throu g h sen s itivity train in g t

th e sou n ds, th y thms , mean in g of w ords a n ddif fe rent functi o ns o f langu a ge, s m os timpo r tant T he n ew para d i gm ofop po r tun it ies in in s tructi o n s ug gests s trate gi es to devel op ling u istic in tellig ence

b y us ing al l inte ll igenc es as pa thwa y s forte achi ng and proce ss ing ( G ardne r, 1992 n Se m iawa n, C, 1999).

To ful ly se a rch t h roug h info rm ation , Rose 1997), found it nec essary to use w aysth a t su it th e un iq u e co m bina ti on o f intell ig ence s. By us in g m a n y w a ys to ex p lorean d full y unde rstand , there s a m ultip le chan c e ( G ardn er n Ross , 1997 , toun d ers ta n d an d to row as a bette r p erso n, beca us e usi n g and d evel op ing t he full ra ngeo f intell ig ence t hrou gh la n gu age te achin g

leads t

bal an ced, an d cre a tive l ea rning .

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