Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Session I. Introductory Session - Opening Addresses -- Session II. Gifted Children: Recognition, Problems, Coping -- Scientific Thinking in Gifted Children -- Talent, Science and Education: How do we Cope with Uncertainty and Ambiguities? -- Developing Programs for Science-minded Children at the Age of 7-12 -- Creative Imagination in Science and Science Education -- Science Education: Early Recruitment as a Necessity and Creative Problem Solving as Didactical Option -- The Implementation of the Talent Search Concept in Spain -- Talent Development and Cultural Diversity -- Future Scientists and School Attendance -- Session III. Extracurricular Science Education -- The Ashoka Innovative Learning Initiative -- Education Program for Environment Safety, Quality and Social Responsibility: The Case of Transpetro S A Company and Surrounding Communities -- Talent Development in Residential Summer Programmes -- Science Education Programs for Middle School and High School Students Sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute -- Mentor, Merlin, Muse: Inspiring Poets and Scientists. The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Program -- Using New Technologies in Physics Teaching to Promote Students' Involvement -- What do Gifted Children Think about the Quality in Education -- Session IV. Scientific Research Training -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Sponsored Student and Teacher Internships at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA -- Mentoring Students and Teachers for High-stakes Science Competitions -- The Role of History in Training. Canalisation of High School Students to Scientific Research -- Six Years of Scientific Research Training in Hungary. Progress, Plans, Problems -- Visnjan Educational Project: Introduction to Science Through Astronomy.

Specialities of Gifted Children Education in Post-Soviet Countries -- New Strategic Orientation of the Treatment of Gifted and Talented Students in the Republic of Macedonia -- System of Work with Gifted Children in Gymnasia No. 5. Minsk. Belarus. -- Care for Future Scientists within the Education System in Slovakia. -- Session V. Social Environment of Science Education -- Young Talents and EUREKA -- Virtual Technology Development and Transfer - Hall of Talents -- The International Forum of Young Scientists - A UNESCO Initiative. -- The Impact of Public Policy and Private Initiative in Promoting Gifted and/or Talented People -- From Jefferson to Feynman: US Aspirations for Science and Technology Education -- Science Magazines in North America -- Opportunities for Realization of Potential in Science and Technology in Gifted Programs in Israel -- Adolescent Pathways to Eminence in Science: Lessons from the Music Conservatory. -- Concluding Remarks and Perspectives. -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.