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 Narlidere which is in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and located in a place having a view of Izmir Gulf is known as the greenest town among all towns of Metropolitan Municipality. Catalkaya Mountain covered with pine forest is in the north of our town of which coast along Izmir Gulf is covered with citrus trees. The first source of income of Narlidere is citrus fruit and the second source of income is fishing. In addition to its natural beauty, historical tissue of Narlidere is appreciated. The ward of Narlidere known with its old name ‘Upper Village’ is one of the first places under protection. There are nine primary schools, three high schools and one nursery school in our town.

Narlidere where successful activities in fields of culture, art and education are performed hosts one of the Arts and Science Institutions of which number is 43 in Turkey.

Sidika Akdemir Arts and Science Institution located in Narlidere is a source of pride for both our town and our city. Our Institution is in Limanreis Ward in Narlidere which is a pretty coastal town of Izmir and where blueness of the sea is accompanied by blueness of the sky. Our Institution was named as Sidika Akdemir as a result of her sons and husband’s granting the building to National Education Ministry due to the will of the late Sidika Akdemir. It gives education to gifted or talented students aged between 6-18 in Izmir from November 2002 on and after the approval of National Education Ministry, Special Education and Counselling General Directorate which is dated on 24^th September 2002 and numbered 3963.

Arts and Science Institutions are independent special education institutions which aim that preschoolers, primary and high school students who are gifted or talented be aware of their individual abilities, develop their capacities and use them at the highest level.

Students become candidates for the Institution by their teachers’ filling in the observation forms prepared in fields of arts, music and general cognitive skills and sent to schools in October every year. Students selected as candidates are identified in two stages; group test and individual evaluation in May.

The student identified as gifted or talented after identification period begin to get education after the approval of Special Education and Counselling General Directorate.

Education is given in 5 periods in our Institution. The durations of these periods are determined and applied by the Institution according to the capacities and interests of the students. These are orientation period, support education period, period of making the students realize their individual abilities, period of developing special abilities and project period. Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is the fundamental principal in all periods.

In orientation period, Arts and Science Institution is introduced with its surroundings and physical environment. It is stressed that Arts and Science Institution is different from other formal and informal education institutions and it is aimed that the students grasp the vision of the Institution. In this context, they are informed about the education model and the operation of the Institution. Students are made aware that they are the students of Arts and Science Institution. Team spirit among the students is built and they are integrated with the environment and with their teachers and friends. Sometimes, trips to faculty of fine arts, conservatory, historical museums, scientific exhibitions and fairs and to some departments of universities are planned. The aim of these trips is to observe the interest areas of the students.

In support education period, the main objective is to make the students have communication skills, be at peace with themselves and the others around them, have team spirit, be helpful, solve the problems that they face, know to make research, reinforce their background knowledge with learning strategies and apply them to create a project.

In this period, students join the activities of communication skills, group study techniques, problem solving techniques, strategies for learning, scientific research and study techniques, computer lesson and English lesson. At the end of this period, ability areas of the students will have been determined.

In the period of making the students realize their individual abilities, it is aimed that the students become conscious of their individual abilities by doing some activities. At the end of this period, students will have decided in which areas they will develop themselves.

In the period of developing special abilities, knowledge needed for creating a project about subjects in which he is determined to be talented as a result of the activities done until this period is given.

In the project period, the student creates a project by benefiting from his knowledge and his creativity after he starts to get knowledge in fields of his special abilities. This period is the final stage that a student attending Arts and Science Institution reaches. He will transform the knowledge given to him until this period into a product.

Individual  education and teaching is the basic principal in our Institution of which mission is to give education to the students who have the capacities of intelligence, creativity, art and leadership, or who are more successful than their peers in some academic fields, and who are identified as gifted by the experts. During the education of the students, social and emotional developments are considered together. The objective is not to create an information monster but to educate balanced individuals from the point of cognitive development and perceptional development. Humans resemble to the countries. They have borders and surface areas and have rules, flags and principles. Some are mountainous areas. Some are barren whereas some are fertile. Some are narrow and the others are vast as far as the eye can reach. You must go through strict passport control while crossing the borders of some whereas you can cross the borders of some without difficulty. As a result, I say “Neither underestimate the people nor pay excessive attention to them, my child. But try to understand them. What is the last point that our borders reach? What is it and how may our surface areas become larger?”