Specialized schools for high-ability learners : designing and implementing programs in specialized school settings / by Bronwyn MacFarlane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacFarlane, Bronwyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children.

Special education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, [2018]

Summary:

Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners focuses on educational programming offered in nontraditional, publicly approved, and private settings, with important details about how to serve high-ability learners in specialized schools and deliver schoolwide educational change. Each chapter offers a differentiated resource for educators who are interested in designing and implementing programs in specialized school settings by providing a discussion of the critical components for inclusion in a carefully planned, coherent, and quality-minded K-12 curricular sequence. This book delivers a comprehensive discussion with recommendations for the learning experiences of high-talent students in specialized schools and alternatively approved educational programs. Through relevant research and practical applications, this compendium will help in developing high levels of talent among the next generation of competent critical thinkers.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Foundational Theories and Research Among Specialized Schools Chapter 1 Charting a Specialized Course in Education: Public, Private, Magnet, and Charter Schools Chapter 2 Curriculum and Instruction for Specialized Schools for the Gifted: The Way Forward in Talent Development Chapter 3 Using Standards in Specialized School Settings Chapter 4 Evaluating Specialized Programs for Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Practices for Advanced Learners Chapter 5 Leadership in Specialized Schools and Programs for High-Ability Learners Chapter 6 The Whole Gifted Child: Serving Learners in Specialized Schools

Part II: Best Practices for Specialized School Operations Chapter 7 Telling Their Stories: Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners Chapter 8 Considerations for Planning, Funding, and Operating Specialized Schools: The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky Chapter 9 Music, Creativity, and the Arts in Specialized Schools Chapter 10 Specialized Second Language Academies: Optimizing Advancement for Gifted Learners Chapter 11 Young Learners and Specialized Preschools in Practice: A Song for Everything Chapter 12 Specialized Elementary Schools Chapter 13 Curriculum, Methods, and Authentic Experiences in Science and Mathematics Specialized Schools

Conclusion

About the Editor

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Taylor & Francis Group, viewed January 28, 2023).

ISBN:

1-00-323816-5

1-003-23816-5

1-000-48890-X

9781003238164

OCLC:

1285696004