In search of children’s talents and excellence in the S&T domain. A competence oriented analysis of basic schemes and development of tools for assessment of talent and excellence. KU Leuven
The main objective of this research is to develop tools to assess competence/talent/excellence in children in the domain of the ‘understanding of the physical world’ with a focus on Technical systems. This project rests on the new paradigm on competences and the concept of deep-level-learning. The educational context will be provided by the project ‘Village-at-School’ which rests on the principles of an ‘open framework approach’. Critical ...