| Description |
170 pages ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Section One. Imagining Giftedness: 1. Towards understanding giftedness / Julie Landvogt; Interlude 1. Living with Lisa / Lisa's parents (anonymous); 2. Towards understanding motivation / Julie Landvogt; Interlude 2. My brilliant daughters: a career tale of anguish / Helen Forgasz -- Section Two. Towards Effective Practice: 3. Policy and planning / Julie Landvogt; Interlude 3. A report card on education: our best and brightest have their say / Gilah Leder; 4. Preparing for implementation / Julie Landvogt; Interlude 4. Sculpting a life: an artist in mid-career / Julie Landvogt with Fanny Carnes; 5. Evaluation and review / Julie Landvogt with a section by Prue Walker; Interlude 5. Balwyn calling / Tom Griffiths -- Section Three. Teachers Speak: The future problem solving program a different form of classroom strategy / Niranjan Casinader; An early childhood centre: thinking through the issues / Laresa Westh; Growing to independence: the development of a new strategy for some gifted children / Alana Moor; Reaching for the stars: a multi-faceted program / Rita McFerran; Experiences while implementing a gifted program / Mary Murrell -- Section Four. Journey to Ithaca: Hopes for the future / Julie Landvogt |
| Summary |
The field of gifted education is coming to maturity in Australia. It is no longer necessary to argue that young people who demonstrate the potential or capacity for talented performance need appropriate programs in schools. However, the best means by which potential is to be recognised and nurtured remain matters for debate. There is increasing acknowledgment that our beliefs about the nature of giftedness affect the kinds of programs we choose to create. This book draws on the wisdom of practitioners, researchers, parents and talented people themselves, to probe deeper into the challenging questions of how talent is to be developed in schools. It is intended to provoke discussion and reflection amongst those who wish to run inservice programs within their own schools, as well as those who are beginning to establish programs and seek a structure with which to begin |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Audience |
Teachers |
| Subject |
Gifted children -- Education.
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| Author |
Leder, Gilah
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| ISBN |
1864017848 |
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