Overview
- This practical handbook for educators of gifted and able learners demonstrates transformation of current theories and curriculum models into courses, units, and lessons catering to diverse high ability elementary and secondary school students.
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Curriculum for Gifted and Able Learners
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Units and Lessons Based on Curricular Models
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Teaching Strategies
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Differentiation
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About this book
This book is a comprehensive study and guide for the classroom teacher, the gifted program coordinator, and the graduate student, who are challenged daily to provide for individual children who differ markedly but come under the umbrella of giftedness. It serves as a wellspring that derives from theory while it offers practical application of theoretical construct in a wide variety of international settings from leaders in the field who demonstrate implementation of proven and field-tested techniques and alternative scenarios to accommodate every classroom situation. Contributors are internationally recognized experts who have come together to provide a sound, reliable source for teachers of the gifted that will be utilized time and time again by practitioners and researchers alike.
Among internationally renowned scholars are: Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Susan Johnsen, June Maker, Belle Wallace, Linda Kreger-Silverman, Dorothy Sisk, Gillian Eriksson,Miraca Gross, Gilbert Clark, Enid Zimmerman,andRachel McAnallen.
Hava E. Vidergor Ph.D. is lecturer of innovative pedagogy and curriculum design at Gordon Academic College and Arab Academic College of Education and holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Instruction and Teacher Education with specializationin Gifted Education from the University of Haifa, Israel.
Carole Ruth Harris, Ed.D., formerly Director of G.A.T.E.S. Research & Evaluation, is a consultant in education of the gifted in Central Florida who holds the doctorate from Columbia University where she studied with A. Harry Passow and A.J. Tannenbaum. She has served as Associate in International Education at Harvard University, Research Associate at Teachers College Columbia University, lecturer at University of Massachusetts, Lowell and University of Hawaii, Principal Investigator at Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, and Director of the Center for the Gifted in Ebeye, Marshall Islands.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied Practice for Educators of Gifted and Able Learners
Editors: Hava E. Vidergor, Carole Ruth Harris
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-004-8
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-004-8Published: 21 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 644
Topics: Education, general