A Study of Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Security of Children in Gifted, French Immersion, and Regular Classes
Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: There are now many options available for children in the Ontario school system. These special programmes definitely have the best interests of the children at heart and are concerned with providing the richest education in accordance with the pupils ' needs, abilities, and interests. One very successful programme is French Immersion which has existed in the Halton Region in Southern Ontario since 1978 in two different formats: early Immersion which begins in grade one and late Immersion beginning in grade seven. Both are what is termed 50 % immersion in that the children learn half of their subject in French and half in English. There are no prerequisites for entry into the programme and applica-tions are accepted on a first-come basis. Another expanding programme is the development of self-contained classes for pupils defined as gifted. For this programme, children must be identified by established criteria of intelligence and creativity. Both of these programmes may be considered to a certain extent elitist, and
Author: P S Forsyth
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1481072402