Gifted Education Programming: Serving the Native Peruvian

Abstract

The current status of indigenous gifted children and youth in an ethno-linguistic diverse Andean country is presented. The major purposes of this chapter are: (a) to describe gifted education in Peru, underlining the advocacy efforts toward the indigenous population; (b) to analyze the provisions for talent development in Peru; and (c) to present the challenges for the Peruvian indigenous gifted in the future, taking into consideration the needs and challenges of a multicultural society.

Citation

Blumen, S. (2016), "Gifted Education Programming: Serving the Native Peruvian", Gifted Children of Color Around the World: Diverse Needs, Exemplary Practices, and Directions for the Future (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 3), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720160000003001