Public Policy in Gifted Education

James J Gallagher - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Sally M. Reis - National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
Public Policy in Gifted Education
March 2004 | 216 pages | Corwin
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The expert guide to the critical issues affecting educational reform efforts for the gifted!

Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well.

Key features include:

  • James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue to plague gifted education reform efforts, and his recommendations for addressing these issues
  • Eleven influential articles from leading researchers in the field of gifted education
  • A study on how the elimination of gifted and talented programming impacts participating students and their parents

This ready-reference offers the extensive research, insight, and guidance of top authorities in gifted education, and is designed to help educators fight for the resources necessary to ensure appropriate services for gifted students.

The ERGE Series:

The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

Series Introduction

Series Introduction

Introduction to Public Policy in Gifted Education

Introduction to Public Policy in Gifted Education

1. The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education

1. The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education

2. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students

2. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students

3. Perennial Debates and Tacit Assumptions in the Education of Gifted Children

3. Perennial Debates and Tacit Assumptions in the Education of Gifted Children

4. Perceptions of Educational Reform by Educators Representing Middle Schools, Cooperative Learning, and Gifted Education

4. Perceptions of Educational Reform by Educators Representing Middle Schools, Cooperative Learning, and Gifted Education

5. The Effects of the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Programs on Participating Students and Their Parents

5. The Effects of the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Programs on Participating Students and Their Parents

6. Precocious Reading Ability: What Does It Mean?

6. Precocious Reading Ability: What Does It Mean?

7. Contributions of Gifted Education to General Education In a Time of Change

7. Contributions of Gifted Education to General Education In a Time of Change

8. Are Teachers of the Gifted Specialists? A Landmark Decision on Employment Practices in Special Education for the Gifted

8. Are Teachers of the Gifted Specialists? A Landmark Decision on Employment Practices in Special Education for the Gifted

9. "Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children

9. "Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children

10. For the Good of Humankind: Matching the Budding Talent with a Curriculum of Conscience

10. For the Good of Humankind: Matching the Budding Talent with a Curriculum of Conscience

11. Will the Gifted Child Movement Be Alive and Well in 1990?

11. Will the Gifted Child Movement Be Alive and Well in 1990?

Index

Index

Description

The expert guide to the critical issues affecting educational reform efforts for the gifted!

Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well.

Key features include:

  • James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue to plague gifted education reform efforts, and his recommendations for addressing these issues
  • Eleven influential articles from leading researchers in the field of gifted education
  • A study on how the elimination of gifted and talented programming impacts participating students and their parents

This ready-reference offers the extensive research, insight, and guidance of top authorities in gifted education, and is designed to help educators fight for the resources necessary to ensure appropriate services for gifted students.

The ERGE Series:

The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

Series Introduction

Series Introduction

Introduction to Public Policy in Gifted Education

Introduction to Public Policy in Gifted Education

1. The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education

1. The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education

2. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students

2. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students

3. Perennial Debates and Tacit Assumptions in the Education of Gifted Children

3. Perennial Debates and Tacit Assumptions in the Education of Gifted Children

4. Perceptions of Educational Reform by Educators Representing Middle Schools, Cooperative Learning, and Gifted Education

4. Perceptions of Educational Reform by Educators Representing Middle Schools, Cooperative Learning, and Gifted Education

5. The Effects of the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Programs on Participating Students and Their Parents

5. The Effects of the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Programs on Participating Students and Their Parents

6. Precocious Reading Ability: What Does It Mean?

6. Precocious Reading Ability: What Does It Mean?

7. Contributions of Gifted Education to General Education In a Time of Change

7. Contributions of Gifted Education to General Education In a Time of Change

8. Are Teachers of the Gifted Specialists? A Landmark Decision on Employment Practices in Special Education for the Gifted

8. Are Teachers of the Gifted Specialists? A Landmark Decision on Employment Practices in Special Education for the Gifted

9. "Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children

9. "Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children

10. For the Good of Humankind: Matching the Budding Talent with a Curriculum of Conscience

10. For the Good of Humankind: Matching the Budding Talent with a Curriculum of Conscience

11. Will the Gifted Child Movement Be Alive and Well in 1990?

11. Will the Gifted Child Movement Be Alive and Well in 1990?

Index

Index

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Public Policy in Gifted Education


March 2004 | 216 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 28/04/2023 9781412904377 $39.95

The expert guide to the critical issues affecting educational reform efforts for the gifted!

Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well.

Key features include:

  • James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue to plague gifted education reform efforts, and his recommendations for addressing these issues
  • Eleven influential articles from leading researchers in the field of gifted education
  • A study on how the elimination of gifted and talented programming impacts participating students and their parents

This ready-reference offers the extensive research, insight, and guidance of top authorities in gifted education, and is designed to help educators fight for the resources necessary to ensure appropriate services for gifted students.

The ERGE Series:

The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.


Table Of Contents:

  • About the Editors
  • Series Introduction
  • Introduction to Public Policy in Gifted Education
  • 1. The Reform Movement and the Quiet Crisis in Gifted Education
  • 2. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students
  • 3. Perennial Debates and Tacit Assumptions in the Education of Gifted Children
  • 4. Perceptions of Educational Reform by Educators Representing Middle Schools, Cooperative Learning, and Gifted Education
  • 5. The Effects of the Elimination of Gifted and Talented Programs on Participating Students and Their Parents
  • 6. Precocious Reading Ability: What Does It Mean?
  • 7. Contributions of Gifted Education to General Education In a Time of Change
  • 8. Are Teachers of the Gifted Specialists? A Landmark Decision on Employment Practices in Special Education for the Gifted
  • 9. "Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children
  • 10. For the Good of Humankind: Matching the Budding Talent with a Curriculum of Conscience
  • 11. Will the Gifted Child Movement Be Alive and Well in 1990?
  • Index

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