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Educating the gifted and talented

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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

Title Educating the gifted and talented : resource issues and processes for teachers / atherine Clark and Ralph Callow.
Edition 2nd ed.
Publisher Oxon [England] : David Fulton
Creation Date 2002
Notes "First published in Great Britain by David Fulton Publishers in 1998 as Educating able children."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (153 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010720768005171
MARC RECORDS

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