In this compelling book, more than 40 years of research and development are highlighted in a collection of articles published by Joseph S. Renzulli and his colleagues. Renzulli's work has had an impact on gifted education and enrichment pedagogy across the globe, based on the general theme of the need to apply more flexible approaches to identifying and developing giftedness and talents in young people. This collection of articles and chapters has strong foundational research support focusing on practical applications that teachers can use to create and differentiate learning and enrichment experiences for high potential and gifted and talented students.
The fields of gifted education and talent development have numerous theories and conceptions for how to identify and serve students. This book helps introduce and apply these ideas to help reflect theory in practice.
Current Reflections: Introduction to Gifted Education
In this paper the author focuses on some of the key questions guiding recent research into the education of the gifted, and discusses their significance for schools and teaching practice.
Inclusive in nature, this essential text is filled with varied perspectives and approaches to the critical topics and issues affecting gifted education.
This text draws on data from a five-year longitudinal study focusing on gifted education programs in high poverty rural areas in the US. It provides a framework for the use of place-based interventions to effectively serve gifted students, ...
This multi-faceted volume: highlights strategies to support giftedness in children, providing ideas that work and weeding out those that don’t; is written in jargon-free language in an easy-to use themed format; is the most authoritative ...
Specific assessments have been designed that measure creativity (Hunsaker & Callahan, 1995; Torrance, 1984), music and dance (Baum, Owen, &Ore , 1996; Ore , Owen, & Baum, 2003), visual arts (Clark, 2004), leadership (Oakland, ...
A guide for the parents and educators of gifted children that discusses ways to encourage their social and emotional development alongside their cognitive abilities, and describes techniques, strategies, and activities; and includes ...
This book looks beyond the predominant conceptual frameworks that dominate thinking about giftedness and talent.
This special e-book collection of articles from Educational Leadership and other ASCD publications examines the kinds of challenges that best prepare students for college, the world of work, and life.