Meeting the Special Needs of the Gifted Through the Summer Gifted Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

The 1997 Summer Gifted Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was designed to meet some of the special needs of gifted and talented students through enrichment courses and activities. It is the first of its kind in Hong Kong, being organized by a university for 102 junior secondary school students. This paper describes its operation in terms of identification-selection procedures, organization of classes, curriculum, teacher selection and training, supervision, observation of student behavioral characteristics by teachers, and program evaluation by students, parents, teachers, teaching assistants and residential counselors. Future directions in the organization of programs for the gifted and talented in Hong Kong are discussed.