About GERRIC

Our mission:

to foster and conduct research on effective education of gifted and talented children.
to act as a focus for the conduct of research related to existing university initiatives in gifted education, such as the Certificate of Gifted Education, the Scientia Challenge Program, etc.
to contract with outside agencies, such as the Department of School Education, to conduct, on their behalf, research into issues related to the education and welfare of gifted and talented children.
to establish a data base of Australian and overseas research and practice in gifted education, and to disseminate information from this data base to agencies or individuals through a variety of contractual arrangements.
to develop and conduct, on a contractual basis for schools and other educational agencies, a range of teacher professional development programs featuring, as speakers, faculty members, graduate students and associates of the University.
to establish and administer UNSW-based workshops and specialist seminars for teachers, counsellors and parents of gifted students.
to be responsible for the administration of the Scientia Challenge Program for gifted and talented high school students, and to establish and administer additional and complementary programs for gifted students.
to publish a range of professional development materials designed to assist educators to identify and respond to the needs of gifted and talented students.