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Not What, But Who: Controlled Choice In Gifted Education Programs In The United States, Robert T. Zipp ,' 18
Not What, But Who: Controlled Choice In Gifted Education Programs In The United States, Robert T. Zipp ,' 18
#CritEdPol: Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies at Swarthmore College
Gifted education’s most pressing problem, according to its critics, is a lack of racial, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity. This lack of diversity can be attributed to the fractured nature of gifted education’s historical development, and the also fractured development of its very independent and numerous stakeholders. By the 20th century, these factors caused an overreaching regulatory structure to be practically infeasible. This policy proposal attempts to push back against historical precedent and begin a process of implementing overarching guidelines for gifted education programs in the United States based on a Controlled Choice model of admissions for gifted and talented pro-grams …
The Gifted Dimension Of The Australian Professional Standards For Teachers: Implications For Professional Learning., Lesley Henderson, Jane Jarvis
The Gifted Dimension Of The Australian Professional Standards For Teachers: Implications For Professional Learning., Lesley Henderson, Jane Jarvis
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2016, v.8.2) acknowledges that gifted and talented students are diverse and require educational provisions that meet their special needs. However, without professional learning in gifted education, teachers are ill-equipped to understand, identify and provide for gifted students. This paper reviews the literature in the field to argue for consideration of a ‘gifted dimension’ as an elaboration of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2011). As all teachers will teach gifted and talented children, it is important to define the elements of quality teaching that are inclusive of high ability students in the Australian context and …