Educating the gifted and talented : resource issues and processes for teachers / atherine Clark and Ralph Callow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Catherine, 1944- author.

Contributor:

Callow, Ralph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children--Education--Great Britain.

Gifted children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : David Fulton, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the publication of the House of Commons Education Select Committee Report in 1999, the Department of Education and Employment has set up a number of initiatives, including Excellence in Cities, to address the problematic issues relating to provision for gifted and talented pupils in primary and secondary schools. This book rehearses and develops further the central idea put forward by the authors in the first edition titled Educating Able Children that teachers remain the essential resource to ensure appropriate provision for gifted and talented pupils. They suggest

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 A critique of the current educational experience of gifted and talented pupils; 2 How to make best use of the current initiatives for gifted and talented pupils; 3 A response to the current context based on an integrated model of professional development; 4 Integrated professional development as a resource for teachers of gifted and talented pupils; 5 Strategies that encourage gifted and talented pupils and their teachers to become resources for learning; 6 Planning for gifted and talented pupils by teachers and schools

7 Beginning to provide: resources for teachers and schools8 Information handling as a resource; 9 Problem solving as a resource; 10 Communication skills as a resource; Appendix 1 Organisations offering help, advice and courses for teachers, parents and children; Appendix 2 Books and sources of information for teachers; Appendix 3 Resources for education; Index

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain by David Fulton Publishers in 1998 as Educating able children."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Clark, Catherine., Educating the gifted and talented : resource issues and processes for teachers

ISBN:

1-136-63448-7

0-203-06571-9

1-283-96508-9

1-136-63441-X

9780203065716

OCLC:

826856011