Specialities of Gifted Children Education in Post-Soviet Countries

摘要

The present report is devoted to peculiarities of gifted children education in the conditions of post-totalitarian regime. The causes of difficulties are the feature of psychology, the absence of instruments for gifted children discovery, the absence of social demand. The science education of high school students is realised by a few ways: State Program "Creative gifts", The Young Academy of Sciences, and the systems of inter-school study groups and scientific societies. The program of The Young Academy of Sciences is a close co-operation between high schools and University research laboratories. The high school students are trained in the framework of this program, which includes several stages. The first stage is examination in the field of science, which was selected by the student. It is realised in the way of student's Olympiad. The second stage is a public defence of his research work (that is presented as thesis). The thesis preparation requires experimental and theoretical research. The scientific stage is carried on in University research laboratories.