2019 WCGTC World Conference

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4.3.6 Supporting Gifted Students’ Social-emotional Needs in a Mentoring Program

The purpose of this session is to illustrate the importance of supporting gifted students’ social-emotional needs in order to make a mentoring program successful by describing a year-long mentorship program called the Hong Kong Gifted Apprentice Program (HKGAP). Educators in the program join hands with masters, schools, and parents to create a supportive community for the apprentices, which is important in East Asian culture. The pairs of mentors and mentees are matched through a careful process. Very positive responses have been received via both qualitative and quantitative feedback. We will briefly share program experiences and feedback in this session.

Author(s):

Shirley Moon Ling Kwok
shirleykwok@hkage.org.hk
The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education
Hong Kong

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Ms Shirley Kwok Moon Ling is currently the Talent Development Consultant of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE). Before joining HKAGE, she has worked at schools and Education Bureau. She joined the Center for the Development of the Gifted and Talented (CDGT), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology first as an officer and promoted gradually to Assistant Director at 2014. She joined HKAGE at 2016 as Head of Advanced Learning Experiences Division. Her interest is on affective needs and social-emotional development of gifted students. She has conducted workshops and seminars in related areas.

 



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