To encourage the communication of Australian research and best practice on gifted/talented children and their education, TalentEd is sponsoring awards for the best articles or reports describing original research or best practice in the field. The awards will be made to meritorious contributions, that the editorial board evaluate as, describing best practice or research that makes a substantial contribution to gifted and talented education in Australia.

The award winning articles or reports will be published in TalentEd.

To be eligible for the award the research or best practice must be:

o completed or implemented during 2006, but may have commenced in an earlier year;

o original Australian research on an aspect of gifted/talented children or their education, or

o a response to the needs of Australian gifted/talented children;

o reported in a summary of no more than 4000 words;

o suitable for publication as a feature article in TalentEd.

 

Best Practice:

The report may be the work of a single educator or may be a small group project. Photographs and work samples may be included in the report. The practice reported need not necessarily be single school based. Entries may be submitted at any time.

 

Research:

The research may be associated with a tertiary degree or may be an independent project. It may be the work of a single researcher or may be a small group project. Entries may be submitted at any time.

 

The postal address for hard copy submissions is:

The Editors, TalentEd
School of Education
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351

Email digital files to pmerrots@une.edu.au

Report or article files may be in MS Word or rich text format. If sending multiple files, e.g., with graphics please zip (compress) to one file. Please virus check all files before sending.