臺灣自1973年正式推展資優教育實驗計畫以來，歷經40年，正是不惑之齡，雖已有多元的資優教育方案和頗具規模的資優教育人口，但仍離「鬆綁」和「卓越」的願景甚遠，許多迷思待解，資優教育師資素質也有待提昇。反思當前問題癥結，在於「鬆綁」與「卓越」。臺灣資優教育正面臨轉型期，為確保未來的發展是「轉進」，而不是「轉退」，「適性揚才、優化教育」應是努力的大方向。筆者展望：(1)培養心腦俱佳的英才，(2)提升資優教育的素質，(3)突破升學主義的魔障，(4)把握十二年國教的契機。全球的寬廣視野，加上務實的在地行動，方能有所改進和突破。

The age of the 40th is called the age of “enlightenment” in human life. Although there are multiple gifted and talented education (GATE) programs as well as quite a number of gifted students served by these programs since 1973, it is way behind the ideal of flexibility and excellence. There are myths and confusions required to be clarified, and quality of GATE teachers to be improved, too. The GATE in Taiwan marks the stage of transformation, to ensure a better future development and the right track of “adaptive and quality education”, it is prospected that our gifted and talented students be having both smart brains and tender minds, that quality of GATE be kept enhanced, that the examination-oriented mind be replaced by adaptive education, that the new system of 12-year national education be a good opportunity for the development of GATE. To reach these goals, we should among others develop a global vision and take realistic local actions.