Abstract

Research in gifted education and basics does not give a homogeneous picture. The amount and topics of research vary considerably. After differentiating between eastern and western European countries examples of research studies and fields are described very shortly. From the western countries, divided into north, middle, and south, research in West Germany is presented a little more extensively. Since there the topic of provisions for the gifted/talented, its relationship with “elite”, equality of chances, and democracy is discussed in a far more hostile and intolerant way, if ever. Some considerations about these politic-educational, ideological foundations are made in the last section.

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