alienation of gifted students; estrangement among high achievers
Refers to the social and emotional isolation experienced by academically advanced students who feel out of place among peers. Often discussed in Japanese education reform contexts.
The issue of gifted student alienation is gaining attention in Japanese educational settings.
gifted student; overachiever
By extension, refers to the student themselves who is academically advanced and may feel isolated. Often used in contrast with 落ちこぼれ (dropout or struggling student).
See also: 落ちこぼれ
He is a gifted student and feels that school lessons are too easy.
浮きこぼれ describes a gifted student who becomes disengaged from being ahead of the class, the mirror-image problem to 落ちこぼれ falling behind.
Standard spelling using kana for the second part, common in educational contexts.
Kanji spelling for the second part; less common and may be seen as more formal or literary.
Compound of 浮き (uki, 'floating') + こぼれ (kobore, 'spilling over'), from the verb 浮く (uku, 'to float') and こぼれる (koboreru, 'to spill'). The term was coined in Japanese educational discourse as a counterpart to 落ちこぼれ (ochikobore, 'dropout'), literally meaning 'floating and spilling over' to describe students who excel beyond the standard curriculum and feel isolated.