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Meeting the Needs of Australian Rural Gifted Children: the Use of a Curriculum Enrichment Project (CEPPS) for Primary Schools in Western Australia
Authors: Allen Jenny 
Published: January 2012

This paper discusses the issues of: Who should develop curriculum materials? What form should enrichment materials take? Which theoretical frameworks are appropriate? How should the content be selected? Gifted children's use of the CEPPS package in the Expressive Arts (interdisciplinary learning) is documented through outcomes related to the objectives of the learning materials. Future predictions indicate there is a need for independent learning packages to be developed for gifted children. (All illustrations are by pupils of 7–11 years of age).
Exceptionally Able Children: A Whole School Approach
Authors: Whybra Julian 
Published: January 2012

Julian Whybra first suggests three broad categories of exceptional children: those gifted across a wide range of skills and subjects; those who excel in a specific subject area; and those who have gifts that lie outside the normal school curriculum. He discusses the needs of exceptional pupils under two broad headings of recognition and understanding of emotional, social and intellectual needs. The author outlines several approaches to identification and provision for exceptionally able pupils in Essex, U.K. He suggests a multi-dimensional approach to procedures for identification with an emphasis on inclusion rather than exclusion of pupils. He suggests an equally global approach to provision, advocating a whole-school approach with a number of well-argued and practical procedures for implementation. The article includes a “mind-map” which could be usefully adopted by any school wishing to analyse and evaluate its provision for very able learners. A list of resource centres is also provided.
A Study on Mental Health of Scientifically Gifted High School Males (SGM) and Females (SGF)
Authors: Jeon Kyung-Won 
Published: January 2012

Good mental health is a prerequisite for self actualization; that is one can develop gifts and talents only if one is psychologically well-adjusted. Mental health refers to good social and emotional adjustment and positive self-concept. Research is minimal in the area of personality and self-concept for the Korean scientifically gifted high school students and the relationship between gender and self-concept of the gifted youngsters was found somewhat controversial in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to examine the personality of Korean scientifically gifted high school males (SGM) and females (SGF) and to compare the self-concept of these two groups of youngsters. In this study, Mental health was measured by the Korean adapted MMPI, self-concept instrument, intelligence test, and standardized achievement test were administered to 68 10th through 12 grade scientifically gifted high school students of superior intelligence who have high IQ scores of 145. Scientifically gifted males (SGM) and females (SGF) are more similar than different on mental health profiles, and those differences that exist generally are consistent with sex stereotypes in Korean culture. The results on MMPI scores showed both SGM and SGF were relatively free of maladjustment. There was only one sex difference for the sub scale of self-criticism out of 10 measures of self-concept SGM have a higher score on self-criticism sub scale than SGF (t = 1.99, p < 0.05). Two significant correlations between self-concept and intelligence referred to the positive relationship of a total score of intelligence with Personal self (r = 0.3097*) and Family self (r = 0.2847*). There were no significant correlations between self-concept and achievement. Implications are suggested for school programmings designed to facilitate the good personality and positive self-concept of SGM and SGF differently).
The Relationship between Emotional Maturity, Intelligence and Creativity in Gifted Children
Authors: Landau Erika , Weissler Kineret 
Published: January 2012

From experience of working with gifted children we could observe a gap between their intellectual and emotional functions. The purpose of this study was to explore the inter-relationships between emotional maturity and intelligence in gifted children. Emotional maturity is defined as the strength and courage to actualize individual abilities within the frame of social demands. Our hypothesis was that emotional maturity would have an affect on creativity, independent of intelligence. In the study, 221 children participated, between the ages of 9–13. All were measured for emotional maturity, intelligence and creativity. Results showed an effect of emotional maturity on creativity, as well as an effect of intelligence. Among the highly intelligent group, emotionally mature children were more creative. These results demonstrate that giftedness is conditioned not only by high intelligence but that emotional maturity has its share in it, and their interaction facilitates creative behavior — the actualization of the whole personality.
Discovery Learning: Founding a School for Gifted Children
Authors: Kokot Shirley J 
Published: January 2012

Radford House, in Johannesburg, South Africa, was established in January 1996. Starting the first primary school for gifted children (ages 5–12) in the country has been a process of learning for everybody concerned: the children, teachers, parents and administrators. This article briefly outlines the rationale for founding a school in & country that labels giftedness as “elitist” and discusses the following discoveries: confusion regarding definitions and identification reasons for enrolment stressors teaching strategies Analysis of these aspects reveals that the definitions of giftedness remain problematic in terms of identifying potential ability versus manifested high, ability. A further issue is the development of unique teaching strategies and skills which stretch conventionally trained teachers to their creative limits. The first year is indeed a year of discovery with problems and joys cropping up in unexpected quarters.
A Course in Advance Thinking for Sixth Formers
Authors: Butler Colin 
Published: January 2012

Good thinking is routinely taught in applied form as part of mastering a subject or subjects, but it can profitably be taught separately as an efficiency-raising supplement to a given programme of study. What follows describes an experimental course in advanced thinking devised for a group of exceptionally able British Lower Sixth Formers from across the subject range. It comprised one thirty-five minute period a week for thirty weeks spread over three terms. The course is logic-intensive but extensive in reference. The principal source book is Irving Copi and Carl Cohen's Introduction to Logic (used and adapted passim in this article). Its premise that logic is not “the science of the laws of thought” but the science of correct reasoning is accepted axiomatically. Nevertheless, Bertrand Russell's claim that logic is “concerned with the real world just as truly as zoology” (Monk, p. 505) is respected; and the neo-Kantian position that there is no knowledge except formulated knowledge is explored in depth.
Bilingual Gifted Pre-Schoolers: Benefit or Hazard in Maximising Potential
Authors: Kim Keumhee , Haensly Patricia 
Published: January 2012

Culturally diverse gifted pre-schoolers lose interest and self-esteem in first school experiences through inadequate understanding by teachers and parents of home and preschool language differences and the intellectual-enhancing role of early bilingualism. Teacher recognition of ability in this population could ensure appropriate instruction to nurture giftedness but may depend on parent-provided information. Information about their pre-schoolers' abilities was obtained from 36 Korean parents through the Kim Korean and Seattle Project Parent Questionnaires and interviews, and teacher observations. Case studies of three with high verbal abilities, unusual understanding, memory, and communication skills since infancy were conducted. Dilemmas and solutions for Korean parents temporarily in the United States in assisting their children in rich language development, while pursuing bilingual acquisition in an English language setting and upon returning to their native setting are discussed. Significance for other families whose home language differs from major school language is explored.
An Enrichment Model: A Study of Developing a Pilot Program for Gifted Students
Authors: Tsai Den-Mo 
Published: January 2012

The paper first reviews the development of gifted education for the last two decades in Taiwan. The review indicates that gifted students enjoy some advantageous circumstances that regular students do not. Gifted education in Taiwan is, hammer, facing the problems of conservative definition-identification, entrance examinations' negative impact and curricula that are not challenging. Searching far solutions, the author pursued a two year research project in the Affiliated School(AS) of National Kaohsiung Normal University (NKNU). The research project was to develop a pilot program using Renzull's Enrichment Triad Model By doing research an enrichment program was developed. The purposes were to investigate: Methods of curriculum compacting. The impact of curriculum of completing on students' achievement, time and attitudes. The impact of group training activities on students' creativity and creative-productivity. Factors conducive to individual and small group investigations. Observation, experimentation and interview were used to collect data. Findings concerning curriculum compacting, group training activities and investigations of real problems were discussed. Characteristics of the program developed were also described.
Early dosing and efficacy of triptans in acute migraine treatment: the TEMPO study
Authors: Lantéri-Minet M , Mick G , Allaf B 
Published: January 2012

Aim: To compare the effectiveness of early or late triptan intake in the treatment of acute migraine attacks. Methods: The TEMPO study was a French prospective, multicentre, two-phase study conducted in neurological practice. Two-hundred-and-ten migraine patients who were regular triptan users were enrolled. In the first phase, patients treated three attacks as they usually did. In the second phase, those who initially practiced late dosing ( ≥ 1 hour after headache onset) were instructed to change to early dosing ( < 1 hour). Results: A total of 144 patients completed the first phase. Seventy-nine patients constituted the ‘early dosers’ group and 65 patients the ‘late dosers’ group. In this phase, early dosing produced higher rates (n  =  38; 52.8%) of freedom from pain at 2 hours in at least two of three attacks compared with late dosing (n  =  19; 30.2%; p  <  0.01). In the second phase, switching from late to early dosing following the physician’s instruction (n  =  42 patients) also improved the rates of freedom from pain at 2 hours (from 38.1% (n  =  16) to 53.7% (n  =  22); p  <  0.05). Conclusion: This suggests that advising patients on the importance of early triptan intake after headache onset may help improve the efficacy of acute migraine treatments.
Congenital and metabolic disorders leading to fracture
Authors: Borland Steven , Gaffey Andrew 
Published: January 2012

While fractures in children are usually due to trauma only, there are a number of congenital and metabolic conditions which will predispose a child to fractures and lower the threshold of a bone to breaking. These conditions can also influence the pattern of the fracture and the process of bone healing. There are a number of conditions which lead to specific pathological and clinical changes and also several relatively common conditions which must be considered when assessing any child with recurrent fractures. We present a review of congenital and metabolic causes of fractures, focusing largely on the details of osteogenesis imperfecta and congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia.
Confronting Transatlantic Discord: Major United States Policy Differences with Europe
Authors: Boyer William W. 
Published: January 2012

This article reviews the Bush administration's justifications for removing Saddam Hussein and his regime and the global and European opposition to the U.S.-led war against Iraq. The author contends that the war was not a reaction to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but rather a continuation of a plan developed over the previous decade by prominent members of the current Bush administration. Moreover, the war was completely consistent with the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war as embedded in the U.S. “National Security Strategy.” That strategy is enabled by the fact that U.S. military power is unsurpassed and unchallengeable, surpassing that of the 18 other NATO countries combined. The worldview reflected by this strategy has provoked widespread opposition within Europe, appearing to many to have put in jeopardy the future of the transatlantic alliance. Arab and European resentment of U.S. partiality toward Israel is also examined. The author concludes, however, that America's most important partnership remains with Europe.
New Horizon in Korea-Canada Relations in Emerging Asia-Pacific Community
Authors: Moon Young-suck 
Published: January 2012

Since the late 1990's in Korea, Canada has quickly become the most popular country to travel to, to be educated and immigrate, in what can be called a “boom of Canada”. This sudden interest in Canada has elevated the interest of both countries to better understand each other as the two come together in the emerging Asia-Pacific community. Canada is indeed as much a Pacific nation as an Atlantic nation. However, Canada has been slower to respond to the increasing geopolitical and economic significance of the pacific region until quite recently Canadians were awakened to the coming of “Pacific Century” and the need to strengthen Canada's relationships with Asian markets has become crucial to future economic security. At the same time North American countries have been Asia's largest export markets and the instrumental “spring board” for East Asia NICs, including Korea. I will present in this paper how to facilitate the further development of links between Canada and Korea. They must strengthened and of mutual benefit with increased cooperation of extensive cultural, economical and human exchanges.
Programs and Prospects for Long-Term Care Policy for Older Americans: Are There Lessons for Korea?
Authors: Palley Howard A. 
Published: January 2012

This paper deals primarily with social policy considerations relevant to the development of long-term care policy for the frail elderly in the United States. However, it also includes some commentary on meeting the acute care needs of the frail elderly. It defines chronic care treatment as a mix of “short-term” and “long-term” modes of care. Furthermore, it explores the need for treatment of such long-term illnesses to recognize the importance of alternative modes of caring which include strategies, both medical and non-medical, delivered within and outside of hospitals and nursing homes. The paper includes an analysis of public and private sector priorities based in data published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration). It also includes some discussion of the PACE Program in the United States and some other efforts to stimulate more in-home and community-based alternatives to nursing home care. Furthermore, it includes a discussion of the policy goal of “appropriateness” in developing long-term care (as well as general health priorities) and provides a critical discussion of problems with utilizing “cost benefit analysis.” The study concludes that too exclusive a focus on nursing home care for the elderly in the United States is unfortunate — both in terms of the desires of the elderly, their families and friends and in terms of focusing on “appropriateness” as a legitimate policy goal in the development of long-term care policy for the elderly in the United States.
“The Third Wave” and Non-Liberal Democracies
Authors: Seo Kyoung Kyo 
Published: January 2012

The purpose of this article is to understand the reality of the third wave of democratization, distinguishing characteristics of the third wave movements in different regions in the world, and to review findings and implications of the world's experiences during the last three decades of the third wave of democratization. The third wave of democratization that initially started in Southern Europe during the 1970s has been diffused all over the world except the Middle Eastern Islamic countries. During the 1980s, Latin America, Asia, and later Central and Eastern Europe joined the tide of democracy, followed by the former Soviet countries and sub-Saharan states during the 1990s. The movements in various areas have similarities and differences. Regarding the similarities, the first one is that those areas commonly show diversities in each of them. Second, countries under the third wave are facing political, social, and economic difficulties that hinder their transitions to democracy. Third, non-liberal democracy is widely observed among these countries. As to differences, Latin America is far more democratized compared to the past, while militarized politics still restrain political freedom and threaten democratic institutions. Under the movements, Asian countries have a wider spectrum of political regimes, from liberal to totalitarian rules, than Latin American countries. Among the former totalitarian regimes in Europe and the post-Soviet bloc, there is a certain division. In Central Europe the transition is relatively smooth and successful, while the Balkans and the post-Soviet states are facing more difficult obstacles during the transitions. Democracy in Africa, the latest joiner in the wave, has experienced many difficulties because of manipulations of elections, weakness of the opposition, and the severe ethnic cleavages. Finally, the following can be summarized. First, it is impossible to generalize the movement due to its diversity from area to area. Second, the possibility of returning to the previous regimes is very low in most of cases of the transition, though there's always an exception. Third, one very interesting common aspect in the third wave is the rise and expansion of “non-liberal democracies” in different regions.
Voluntarist Nationalism with the Idea of Self-Invented Nation: An Aspect of American Exceptionalism
Authors: Park Euikyung 
Published: January 2012

Nationalism is never anything less than an invention. Where is there is a national identity that is truly natural? Where a nationalism that has not been forged in the collective imagination of a self-conscious culture? But America's sense of national self-identity is unique even by these standards, for more than any other nation America is self-invented — an express creation of a people who knew itself to be engaged in an act of self-conscious artifice. The conception of the American nation as self-constituted, as a second chance for humanity away f;om Europe's ticking historical clock, is then anything but unproblematic. Yet “the New order of Things” promised by the Great Seal of the United State as an aspect of American excqtionalism still offers hope of a community held together by bonds free of the taint of blood and the repressive hierarchy of kinship.
Process of the Second North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Patterns of International Negotiation: Considerations into Continuance and Change
Authors: Kim Tae Woon 
Published: January 2012

This study looked into the international negotiation patterns of North Korea with special regard to the process of the second North Korean nuclear crisis. The study shows that North Korea's negotiation patterns were not greatly different from those in the Cold War era: strategies of bluffing, threat, carrot-and-stick, etc. were also reproduced during the second North Korean crisis. In addition, the level of negotiations was not determined by the difference in power which was visible between weak and strong nations. It is highly possible that the existing negotiation patterns will be repeated in the future. Especially, carrot-and-stick, bluffing, frontal breakthrough and non-action are the negotiation patterns and strategies expected to be frequently used. However, this forecast seems to be floating, depending on North Korea's negotiation environment
An Analysis on the Inward FDI Policy of Ireland
Authors: Shin Sang-Hyup 
Published: January 2012

Through the 5th and the 6th enlargements, the EU became the largest single market in the world with the total population of 457 millions and the total GDP of €9755.4 billions as of January 1 2004. This means that the EU becomes one of the most attractive markets in the world. However there is another face of the EU market which we have to consider. The EU has strengthened the degree of its economic integration since 1957 and already reached to the stage of ‘full economic integration’ which is understood as the most protective measure for non-EU member countries To pioneer very attractive but very protective EU market, FDI is certainly one of the best available ways for non-EU member states. In particular, the EU market is very important for the countries which heavily rely on external economic relations. Korea is also a country heavily relying on external economic relations. Among the EU member countries, Ireland is one of the countries which draw the largest amount of FDI. In this study, I analyzed why Ireland has been able to draw such a huge amount of inward FDI. It was found that the main factors which Ireland used in order to draw the FDI were its very effective policies toward inward FDI and its inherited investment-related factors such as cheap, good quality and young labor forces.
Disputes over the European Constitution and ‘Euro-Scepticism’ in Czech Republic
Authors: Kim Shin Kyu 
Published: January 2012

Despite the poll, held in Jan. 2005 by Euro barometer, showed that more than 60 percents of the Czech were willing to vote for the European Constitution, the majority of Czech MEPs opposed to it. Futhermore, although Lisbon Treaty was signed by 27 member states in 2007, the issue about the European integration is still disputable in Czech Republic. Lisbon Treaty will be passed the parliament by majority vote, but some politicians and opponents are still arguing that the treaty will be have to be approved through a referendum because it will give over sovereignty to supra-national institution according to the Constitution of Czech Republic. In this paper, I try to explain for what reason there were so many opponents in MEPs and what was the reason for that. Firstly, I try to find out what is the reason of Euro-scepticism in Czech Republic and that the opposition to the European Constitution and some skeptic views towards European Union has been derived from it. Secondly, I look into the causes and developments of the dispute over the European Constitution among political parties. And the last section, I concentrate on the differences with which political parties define their attitudes towards the European Union and the Constitution. The referendum on the European Constitution was not held in Czech Republic. After Lisbon Treaty was signed in 2007, euro-skeptic parties and opponents have been rejecting the decision which is to be passed parliament. They are still insisting that Lisbon Treaty is the same one as the previous European Constitution, so it is necessary to decide through a referendum whether the treaty is to be accepted or not. In these situations, it is clear that the European Union's prospects look rather bleak and it must overcome present difficult situations to maintain its existence and further development at least in Czech Republic.