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Holistic counselling of gifted adolescents in Singapore
Citation
Teo, C. T. (1999). Holistic counselling of gifted adolescents in Singapore. In M. Waas (Ed.), Enhancing learning: Challenge of integrating thinking and information technology into the curriculum: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the Educational Research Association (pp. 425-430). Educational Research Association of Singapore.
Abstract
Intellectually gifted pupils in Singapore are blessed with supportive parents who are constantly concerned with their development and attainment. In addition, the Gifted Education Branch of the Ministry of Education has provided these pupils with an enriched and challenging curriculum. Nevertheless, individual differences among the gifted are of such a wide range that individual attention needs to be given to the pupils in the form of guidance and counselling in times of stress. Counselling gifted adolescents in this study took the form of a holistic approach of first identifying a possible lack of development in the four areas of heart, body, mind and soul; followed by individualised prescription for self-knowledge and volition for personal development. Counselling vignettes of gifted pupils in the secondary schools are featured in this study.
Date Issued
November 1998
Description
This paper was published in the 1999 Proceedings of the ERA Annual Conference held at Plaza Parkroyal Hotel, Singapore from 23-25 November 1998