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| established       = 11 September 1971 (as the Association for the Education of Gifted Children in South Africa)
19 November 1980 (formally established as the Schmerenbeck Educational Centre)
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| president         =  Professor S.P. Jackson (1971-1979)
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| director = Ms Beverly Kahn (1979)
Dr Gillian Eriksson (1980-1991)
Ms Eva Biebuyck (1991-1992)
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| city              = [[Johannesburg]]
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The '''Schmerenbeck Educational Centre for Gifted and Talented Children''', an organisation based at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]], promoted, encouraged and fostered the education of [[gifted children]] within South Africa without regard to race.<ref name="erik">{{cite journal |last1=Eriksson |first1=Gillian I |title=An Educational Centre for Growth: Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. |journal=Gifted Child Today |date=Jul–Aug 1987 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=25–28 |doi=10.1177/107621758701000414 |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ358097 |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> The centre was originally housed on campus in portable prefabricated buildings before it moved to a house in the Johannesburg suburb of [[Parktown]] opposite the University of the Witwatersrand's Education Department until it closed in 1995.
== History ==
The Association for the Education of Gifted Children in South Africa was established in 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gibson |first1=Joy |title=Gifted children : looking to their future |date=1976 |publisher=Westview Press |location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn=9780891587026 |pages=356–7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFolAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> In 1973, Ami Schmerenbeck of Windhoek showed interest in the education of gifted children. After her death in April 1975, her sister, Suzanne Sittman, trustee of the Schmerenbeck estate, negotiated regarding the establishment of the "Ami and Kurt Schmerenbeck Fund". It was agreed that a portion of the bequest be used to establish a centre and on 26 February 1977 Sittman formally opened the "Schmerenbeck Educational Centre".<ref>{{cite web | title= EXPLORING THE PAST GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE PRESENT  | work=wits student news room | url=http://student.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/wbs.htm | accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref>
== References ==
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*Eriksson. G.I. (1990) ''Initiation and Development of the Schmerenbeck Educational Centre: 1970-1990''.  Report: University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
*Eriksson (1985) ''Reflections on Giftedness: A Guide for Students, Parents and Teachers''.  Pretoria: HAUM Publishers
*Adams H. B.; Wallace, B (1993) ''World Perspectives on the Gifted Disadvantaged''.  London: AB Academic
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[[Category:University of the Witwatersrand]]
[[Category:Education in Johannesburg]]
[[Category:Gifted education]]
[[Category:Alternative education organizations]]