Tamara Fisher, M.A., writes about teaching and
gifted education strategies and suggestions in her blog, Unwrapping the Gifted, on the site Education Week Teacher.
However, beginning a program requires little more than an acknowledgement by district and community personnel that gifted students need something different, a commitment to provide appropriate curriculum and instruction, and teacher training in identification and
gifted education strategies.
Not exact matches
The Zaentz Academy marks a large and important departure from traditional
strategies that under - attend to the professional - learning needs of early educators and early
education leaders, and in this sense, we think that the ripple effects of the
gift will be most immediately and profoundly experienced by children via the changed practices and decisions of the adults who participate in the academy's work.
I would suggest a non-traditional
strategy (taken from
gifted education best practices) and she was willing to try it with all students.
In previous posts, I've shared many approaches and
strategies for
gifted education, however, in this blog I will share some of the best (in my opinion) and free resources, which you can use to build accommodations into your lesson plans.
First ~ the credit for this
strategy goes to Susan Winebrenner ~
education consultant and author of Teaching
Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom.
Attitudes and practices toward
gifted education also vary by länder and there's no national
strategy in this realm.
As Troxclair (2013) writes,» [h] istorically, preservice teachers have had little exposure in their teacher training programs regarding the nature and needs of
gifted learners, theories of
gifted education, curriculum for those with advanced abilities, and teaching
strategies to be used with
gifted learners» (p. 58).
The more I study
gifted education, the more I believe the
strategies and approaches used for
gifted children could greatly benefit the entire
education world.
These wonderful ideas originate from colleagues in the field of
gifted education, who shared their best Type 2
strategies during a recent school district training.
Establishing and operating programs and projects for identifying and serving
gifted and talented students, including innovative methods and
strategies (such as summer programs, mentoring programs, peer tutoring programs, service learning programs, and cooperative learning programs involving business, industry and
education) for identifying and educating students who may not be served by traditional
gifted and talented programs.
Understand the complexity of the «big picture» as different
education reform
strategies are institutionalized in schools and beliefs about services for students who are
gifted are incorporated.
The following reform
strategies, excerpted from the original publication, illustrate how bridges in thinking can be built between
education reform and
gifted education.
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Gifted Leadership Conference in the state of Washington demonstrated one way that using this process can generate strategies for blending gifted education and school r
Gifted Leadership Conference in the state of Washington demonstrated one way that using this process can generate
strategies for blending
gifted education and school r
gifted education and school reform.
Within each
education reform
strategy, ideas were presented that respect the integrity of the research and assure appropriate learning opportunities for students who are
gifted.
Developing a successful relationship between
education reform efforts and
gifted education is linked to five key
strategies:
Promoting the
education of the
gifted / talented:
Strategies for advocacy (pp. 1 - 9).
Do you need some
strategies to convince your administrator about the value of
gifted education?
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Strategies and methodologies for implementing
education programs for
gifted and talented learners
(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting
Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking
Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology
Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).
and (8) How can we be sure school districts are asking the right questions about
gifted education as these
strategies are implemented?
And don't forget teachers and parents:
Gifted Books lists all the top titles in pretty much every facet of raising and educating these terrific gifted children... The most popular titles in gifted education are Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
Gifted Books lists all the top titles in pretty much every facet of raising and educating these terrific
gifted children... The most popular titles in gifted education are Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
gifted children... The most popular titles in
gifted education are Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
gifted education are Guiding the
Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching
Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom:
Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young
Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Sau
Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Saunders.
Joyce Van Tassel - Baska, a nationally known expert on
gifted education, speaking at Helios» Fall 2011 event, «The Unique Inner Lives of Gifted Children: What Educators, Parents and Therapists Need to Know» provides background on characteristics of gifted children, strategies to help parents deal effectively with kids and educators, and an excellent list of reso
gifted education, speaking at Helios» Fall 2011 event, «The Unique Inner Lives of
Gifted Children: What Educators, Parents and Therapists Need to Know» provides background on characteristics of gifted children, strategies to help parents deal effectively with kids and educators, and an excellent list of reso
Gifted Children: What Educators, Parents and Therapists Need to Know» provides background on characteristics of
gifted children, strategies to help parents deal effectively with kids and educators, and an excellent list of reso
gifted children,
strategies to help parents deal effectively with kids and educators, and an excellent list of resources.
In Being Smart about
Gifted Education we look at what sparks high - level development, we discuss giftedness as an educational mismatch that requires differentiated curriculum, and we respond to teachers» concerns, including offering lots of practical
strategies to help them make good and informed decisions with and for their students.
The program supports applied research to develop effective
strategies to better identify and serve high - potential students from populations traditionally underrepresented in
gifted education programs.
SVA integrates many of the
strategies used in
gifted education to develop deeper thinking within all students.
There are three major
strategies that may be employed to accomplish the task for
gifted education:
There, educators from around the world will discuss the most pressing issues in special and
gifted education and share information in areas such as common core state standards; administration and supervision; autism spectrum disorders; emotional and behavior disorders and supports; instructional
strategies for math, reading, and science; policy; technology; and response to intervention.
One
strategy for creating multicultural
gifted education is to blend the works of Banks and Banks (1993) and Bloom (1956).
The following identification, service, and evaluation
strategies may assist
education professionals who want to meet the educational needs of immigrant children who are
gifted.
Cultural Diversity E604: Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students for Special
Education Eligibility (2000) E584: Critical Behaviors and
Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students (1999) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E500: Empowering Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Learning Problems (1991) E500s: Reforzando a los alumnos Diversos Culturalmente y Lingüí con Aprendizaje (1999) E596: Five
Strategies to Reduce Overrepresentation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special
Education (2000) E520: Identifying and Serving Recent Immigrant Children Who Are
Gifted (1993) E601: Infusing Multicultural Content into the Curriculum for
Gifted Students (2000) E589: The Implications of Culture on Developmental Delay (1999) E566: Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special
Education (1998) E544: Underachievement Among
Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises (1997) E614: Cultural Reciprocity Aids Collaboration with Families (2001)
The purpose of the Javits Act, which was reauthorized as part of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) in 2001 and every year since then, is to orchestrate a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative
strategies, and similar activities that build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools to meet the special educational needs of
gifted and talented students.
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