Serving gifted students in rural settings / Tamra Stambaugh, Susannah M. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stambaugh, Tamra, author.

Wood, Susannah M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

A cooperative publication of the National Association for Gifted Children and Prufrock Press, Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings provides a framework for educating the gifted in rural settings. The book outlines practical, theoretical, and evidence-supported approaches for understanding, teaching, and leading programs for this unique population. Case study vignettes and practical ideas for administrators and teachers are combined with theoretical applications.The first of three sections in the book outlines the various philosophies and current status of rural education. The second section focuses on practical strategies and evidence-supported approaches for identifying and serving rural gifted students based on their unique geography. Section three highlights support structures that are necessary for leading and supporting gifted education in rural schools. This book helps bridge the gap existing between rural education and accessible, effective gifted education.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Part I: The Rural Life

Chapter 1 National Context of Rural Schools

Chapter 2 Leaving or Staying Home Belief Systems and Paradigms

Chapter 3 Education in Rural America Challenges and Opportunities

Chapter 4 Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack Gifted Black and Hispanic Students in Rural Settings

Part I Summary

Part II: Identification, Curriculum, and Instruction for Rural Gifted Learners

Chapter 5 Celebrating Talent Identification of Rural Gifted Students Chapter 6 Grouping and Instructional Management Strategies

Chapter 7 Challenges and Solutions for Serving Rural Gifted Students Accelerative Strategies

Chapter 8 Serving the Rural Gifted Child Through Advanced Curriculum

Chapter 9 Programming and Rural Gifted Learners A Review of Models and Applications

Chapter 10 Best of Both Worlds Technology as a Pathway for Meaningful Choice

Chapter 11 Serving Rural Gifted Students Through Supplemental and Out-of-School Programming

Part II Summary

Part III: Affecting Change for Gifted Learners in Rural Communities Chapter 12 Counseling and the Rural Gifted

Chapter 13 "Mommy, I'm Bored" School-Family-Community Approaches to Working With Gifted, Rural Black Males

Chapter 14 Leading Policy, Advocacy, and Relationship Building in Rural Schools

Chapter 15 Rural Teachers of the Gifted The Importance of Professional Development

Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts and Voices From Gifted Individuals in Rural Areas

About the Editors

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed January 30, 2023).

ISBN:

1-00-323793-2

1-000-49605-8

1-003-23793-2

1-000-50322-4

9781003237938

OCLC:

1285704330