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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790701903321

Autore

Hymer Barry

Titolo

Gifted & talented learners : creating a policy for inclusion / / Barry Hymer with Deborah Michel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-134-15465-8

1-138-17591-9

1-315-07009-X

1-134-15458-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MichelDeborah

Disciplina

371.950941

Soggetti

Gifted children - Education - Great Britain

Inclusive education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in Great Britain in 2002 by David Fulton Publishers"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; NACE Mission Statement; 1 Overview; 2 Who is gifted? Issues around models and definitions of giftedness; 3 Who says she's gifted? Issues around identification strategies; 4 On becoming wise: The 'trans-intellective' domain; 5 Teaching for giftedness and talent: Examples of inclusive provision; 6 Getting it together: Policy formulation and delivery; 7 Support and further reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book sets out the educational challenges, benefits and possibilities of embracing a truly inclusive approach to gifted and talented education and provides a framework for a school to create its own inclusive policy in this area of need. Calling on international research, current educational initiatives, and work within the Barrow Education Action Zone (EAZ) and elsewhere, the authors set out to demonstrate that the inclusion and standards agendas can - and should - take with them the growing interest in the educational needs of gifted and talented pupils. The result is a