Dilemmas for talent development in the 21st century

Abstract

The theme of our section is the understanding and development of talent, which our authors explore from the perspective of the teacher candidate, the teacher trainer and the researcher.

Our articles highlight the individual and systemic contradictions: while a narrow understanding and development of talent has not lived up to expectations, it is the approach that dominates our education system, bringing progress to few and disappointment and failure to many. Our authors draw their ideas and suggestions from the reflections of an individual exercise in the Teach for Hungary programme. Our second article looks at talent and its development potential in a broader context, from the perspective of the future of humanity.

It outlines the role that personalisation, technology and ethics, for example, can play in 21st century schools that truly unleash talent. We look forward to our readers' views and reflections on the papers of the series and the questions raised!