As humanity embarks on its learning journey in the 21st century, education needs to take on new dimensions. This discourse focuses on the essentials of what educators could do to promote creative development in young gifted and talented students.Current practices in Singapore's Gifted Education Programme are shared. Future possibilities of educating the young gifted studentson their creative attributes like Piirto's 7 Is, brain functions, energy levels or intensities, volition, virtues and other personal and interpersonal skills will be explained. Gifted students are the captains of their own ships, the pilot of their own planes. Teaching them about their creative potential is the first step in awakening their consciousness from within. It is up to them to decide to become more creative with support from parents and teachers thereafter.

Creativity since 1950 has become an increasing appealing component of education. This is especially true in many Asian countries including Singapore. Creativity is a necessary but not a sufficient component ofholistic education. Beginning with creativity for the talented, the gifted, and people with high abilities, creativity has gradually become a phenomenon of every society, and a potential competence of every person. This paper presents my views on the evolving trends of creativity in education and challenges my thoughts on who should be given the opportunity to become creative. Is creativity merely meant for the gifted or for all? Some reflective points with regard to answering this question areelicited with reference to the development of Singapore's education.

본 논문에서는 영재와 정보과학영재에 대한 여러 학자들의 정의와 특성 및 관련문헌의 분석을 통하여 정보과학영재의 특성과 정의를 재정립하여 초등정보과학영재 선발평가문항을 개발하였고, 개발된 문항의 신뢰도와 타당도를 검증하기 위해 1, 2차 예비검사를 통해 문항의 난이도와 변별도를 조정하였으며, 최종 검사를 통해 선발된 영재아와 일반 우수아의 검사 결과를 분석하고 정리하였다.