Students with exceptional academic ability will have the opportunity to engage in a learning environment that is intellectually stimulating and rigorous.
Students who meet the requirements of the Academic Selective Entrance Test (ASET) can study an online program to foster advanced analytical, critical, and creative thinking skills. They follow a program that matches individual learning needs and accelerates learning by extending their skills with advanced and in-depth study.
GT Online is a WA Department of Education Selective Academic Program offered to students in Years 7 to 10 who are enrolled at public schools in regional and rural WA. Supplementary programs, such as GT Online, enable gifted students to interact with their peers at a higher academic level than can normally be provided in the regular classroom. The GT Online curriculum is differentiated to cater for the needs of gifted students using three broad approaches: acceleration, extension, and enrichment.
- Accelerating learning by compacting the curriculum to exempt knowledge and skills that students have already demonstrated and remove unnecessary repetition. This provides time to advance into content from a higher year level as well as for extension and enrichment activities.
- Accelerating learning by increasing the pace of learning, assisted by less repetition and small group sizes
- Extending the curriculum to deepen students’ understanding of concepts and topics studied.
- Enriching the curriculum to broaden learning experiences, sometimes beyond the curriculum and encourage expansion of knowledge and skills.
A key advantage of the GT Online Program is that regional and remote students can undertake an academic talent program with other similarly talented students, while living at home and attending their local school, instead of having to move to Perth. The ability to manage time and to work independently are key skills developed in the GT Online Program. Students completing the program in Year 10 often remark that they feel ready for senior school and university because they have learned these skills. Participating in the GT Online Program is a rewarding and educationally challenging opportunity that that sets high standards and promotes the successful attainment of learning outcomes, preparing students for Years 11 and 12 and beyond.