Resources for Gifted Child Education
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The Academic Acceleration of Gifted Children
by Thomas W. Southern; Eric D. Jones; Thomas Southern; Eric Jones
Call Number: LC3993.9 .A65 1991
ISBN: 0807730688
Publication Date: 1991-03-01
The controversies surrounding the use of educational acceleration have remained unresolved throughout the past century. This book has been written to provide American practitioners with the information they need to make appropriate decisions.
Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska; Tamra Stambaugh
Call Number: LC3993.9 .C66 1988
ISBN: 0205388655
Publication Date: 2005-07-27
Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learnersprovides a theoretical, research-based framework and practical ideas for writing, implementing, and adapting curriculum for gifted learners in a standards-based era. Readers are first introduced to various curriculum theories, the Integrated Curriculum Model, curriculum reform, and a process for curriculum design and development, culminating in examples of key curriculum products. Specific core subject areas and non-core subject areas (including thinking skills, creativity, leadership, and the arts) are addressed with practical examples and connections to standards with adaptations for gifted learners. At-risk populations, connections to technology, interdisciplinary approaches, assessment options, and instructional and classroom management strategies are also emphasized and discussed in detail.
Counseling the Gifted and Talented
by Linda Kreger Silverman
Call Number: LC3993.2 .C66 1993
ISBN: 9780891082736
Publication Date: 1993-02-01
Examining both the cognitive complexity and emotional intensity of gifted children, this title discusses the need for modification of counseling techniques. It presents a developmental model to enable counselors to orchestrate a program of prevention rather than remediation. It also provides specific strategies for individual and group counseling.
Education of the Gifted and Talented
by Gary A. Davis; Sylvia B. Rimm; Del Siegle
Call Number: LC3993 .D38 1985
ISBN: 0135056071
Publication Date: 2010-04-08
This top-selling comprehensive book, written by leaders in the field, presents a thorough review of the entire field of gifted education with best-practices. After a brief overview of current issues in the field, the book discusses crucial topics in the field, including the characteristics of gifted students, strategies for identification, considerations in planning sound gifted and talented programs, contemporary program models, varieties of acceleration, differentiated curriculum models, problems of underachievement of disadvantaged, twice-exceptional, and female gifted students, and the evaluation of gifted programs. The authors also address affective needs, leadership, and counseling. A chapter on parenting gifted children includes a section on advocating for gifted education and communication with schools. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised, most notably with the latest research on acceleration, curriculum models, underachievement, culturally and economically disadvantaged students, gender issues, and dual exceptionalities. The content is further supported and enhanced by the inclusion of numerous practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom, case studies that help teachers identify student needs, summaries of research on effective programs, emphasis on pedagogy and on social-emotional needs, heightened awareness of less visible sub-groups within gifted populations, and an amusing, witty writing style that adds to the appeal of this best-selling book.
Reaching New Horizons
by Jaime A. Castellano; Eva Díaz
Call Number: LC3993.2 .R43 2002
ISBN: 0205314139
Publication Date: 2001-09-28
This user-friendly text offers a comprehensive overview at the interface between bilingual/multicultural/ESL education and gifted education.Reaching New Horizons is the first book of its kind. Written by nationally recognized and award-winning leaders in both gifted and bilingual education, the authors have collaborated to create a book that bridges research and practice and has far-reaching implications for educators at all levels as culturally and linguistically diverse students continue to impact public education. The book includes chapters on program delivery models (Ch. 6), bilingualism (Ch. 3), and identification and assessment (Ch. 5)-all topics that have come into the forefront of issues faced by bilingual and gifted education teachers of grades K-12.For educators in bilingual and ESL studies, as well as special educators.
Schools for Talent Development
by Joseph S. Renzulli
Call Number: LC3993.9 .R45 1994, SUPPL 1994
ISBN: 0936386657
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model is a blueprint for total school improvement that stresses flexibility and creativity and promotes challenging, enjoyable learning across all school types, levels, and demographics. The model combines organizational resources with three service-delivery components: the total-talent portfolio, curriculum-modification techniques, and enrichment learning and teaching.
Teaching Culturally Diverse Gifted Students
by Donna Y. Ford; H. Richard Milner; Frances A. Karnes; Kristen R. Stephens
Call Number: LC3993 .F62 2005
ISBN: 1593631766
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
This is an easy way to nurture all seven intelligences and provide opportunities for each student to work in a way that is most appropriate for his or her abilities.
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A Dictionary of Education Education is of relevance to everyone but it involves a specialized vocabulary and terminology which may be opaque or unfamiliar to those new to the field. The new UK-focused Dictionary of Education provides clear and concise definitions of 1,250 terms, from A* to zero tolerance, that anyone studying education or working in the field is likely to encounter. Coverage includes all sectors of education: pre-school, primary, secondary, further and higher education, special needs, adult and continuing education, and work-based learning. It also includes major legislation, key figures and organizations, and curriculum and assessment terminology. The dictionary features entry-level weblinks updated via the Dictionary of Education companion website. Detailed appendices include a timeline summary of landmark educational legislation since 1945 and a glossary of acronyms. In addition, there is a useful, fully cross-referenced section of comparative terms used in the US, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. This dictionary is essential for all students of education, teachers, and lecturers on development programmes, and it is strongly recommended for governors, classroom assistants, and parents.
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Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society by This three-volume set presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. "Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare. Comparative articles include information about childhood in cultures throughout the world. Features 250 photographs representing the visual images of childhood.ISBN: 9780028657141Publication Date: 1905-06-01 -
World Education Encyclopedia by This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. This updated and expanded edition gives users up-to-date coverage of reorganized educational systems and high-interest topics such as technological advances.ISBN: 9780787655778Publication Date: 2002-01-01
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Able Writers in Your School: Developing the Potential of Gifted Children in Primary Schools: a Practical Guide for Teachers by ISBN: 9780857473738Publication Date: 2008Publisher: Andrews UK Ltd. -
Gifted Books, Gifted Readers: Literature Activities to Excite Young Minds by Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated
Polette offers suggestions for creative reproduction, elaboration, rearrangements and transformations of text to help children connect reading content to their own experiences. These suggested books and activities can be used in any classroom or media center.ISBN: 9781563088223Publication Date: 2000 -
Making Great Kids Greater by This current guide shows teachers how to develop the talents and skills of students who are gifted and talented and features the real stories of gifted individuals. Written by gifted education expert Dorothy Sisk, this practical book offers techniques, strategies, and lessons for working with gifted students who may experience difficulties associated with excitabilitiesISBN: 9781412958721Publication Date: 2008 -
Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education by This text examines the disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minority children in special and gifted education.ISBN: 9780309074391Publication Date: 2002
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