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Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (209 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Educational acceleration - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4833-6109-8
1-4833-6326-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education""; ""Chapter 1 - How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?""; ""Chapter 2 - Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College""; ""Chapter 3 - The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity""; ""Chapter 4 - The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement""
""Chapter 5 - The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study""""Chapter 6 - Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are They for the Gifted?""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping""; ""Chapter 8 - Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns""; ""Chapter 9 - Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice""; ""Chapter 10 - Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs""; ""Chapter 11 - An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices""
""Chapter 12 - Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910480359803321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (209 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Educational acceleration - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6109-8
1-4833-6326-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education""; ""Chapter 1 - How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?""; ""Chapter 2 - Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College""; ""Chapter 3 - The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity""; ""Chapter 4 - The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement""
""Chapter 5 - The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study""""Chapter 6 - Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are They for the Gifted?""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping""; ""Chapter 8 - Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns""; ""Chapter 9 - Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice""; ""Chapter 10 - Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs""; ""Chapter 11 - An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices""
""Chapter 12 - Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797305203321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Grouping and acceleration practices in gifted education / / Linda E. Brody, editor ; acquisitions editor Kylee Liegl ; production editor Sanford Robinson ; cover designer Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (209 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Educational acceleration - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6109-8
1-4833-6326-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Grouping and Acceleration Practices in Gifted Education""; ""Chapter 1 - How Did Six Highly Accelerated Gifted Students Fare in Graduate School?""; ""Chapter 2 - Five Years of Early Entrants: Predicting Successful Achievement in College""; ""Chapter 3 - The Use of Radical Acceleration in Cases of Extreme Intellectual Precocity""; ""Chapter 4 - The Use of Subject and Grade Skipping for the Prevention and Reversal of Underachievement""
""Chapter 5 - The Impact of Early Entrance to College on Self-Esteem: A Preliminary Study""""Chapter 6 - Accelerative Strategies: How Effective are They for the Gifted?""; ""Chapter 7 - Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Grouping""; ""Chapter 8 - Grouping Gifted Students: Issues and Concerns""; ""Chapter 9 - Cooperative Learning and Ability Grouping: An Issue of Choice""; ""Chapter 10 - Meta-analytic Findings on Grouping Programs""; ""Chapter 11 - An Investigation of the Effects of Total School Flexible Cluster Grouping on Identification, Achievement, and Classroom Practices""
""Chapter 12 - Programming, Grouping, and Acceleration in Rural School Districts: A Survey of Attitudes and Practices""""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910822072103321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Autore Drago-Severson Eleanor
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 371.20120973
Soggetto topico School principals - United States
Educational leadership - United States
Teachers - In-service training - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4833-6061-X
1-4833-6280-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About Professional Development""; ""School Leadership""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Developing a New Model of School Leadership for Teacher Learning""; ""The Study""; ""Origins of This Work""; ""Methods""; ""Participant and Site Selection""; ""Research Questions: What Did I Want to Learn?""; ""Data Collection: How Did I Investigate the Research Questions?""; ""Interviews""; ""Documents""; ""Data Analysis: Making Sense of the Learning""; ""Strengths and Limits of This Study""
""A New Model of Learning-Oriented School Leadership""""The Four Pillars of the Model""; ""Teaming""; ""Providing Leadership Roles""; ""Engaging in Collegial Inquiry""; ""Mentoring""; ""Underpinnings of the Model: Adult Learning and Development""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 2 - Constructive-Developmental Theory and Adult Development""; ""About Transformational Learning""; ""Kegan�s Constructive-Developmental Theory""; ""Basic Principles""; ""Ways of Knowing""; ""Why Ways of Knowing Matter When Supporting Teacher Learning""; ""About Holding Environments""
""Constructive-Development Theory: A New Foundation for Teacher Learning""""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 3 - Principals as Climate Shapers""; ""Lessons from Current Research""; ""The Core Principles That Ground Leadership Approaches""; ""Challenges to Building Positive School Cultures""; ""The Pressure to Improve Test Scores""; ""Avoiding a “One Size Fits all� Model: Attending to Individual Needs""; ""Strategies for Building a Positive School Climate""; ""Finding Time and Money""; ""Informal Structures""; ""Providing Food for Conversations""
""Rewarding Teachers in New Ways""""Honoring Teachers� Strengths and Contributions""; ""Promoting School Mission""; ""Valuing and Modeling “Respect for all�""; ""Growing the School as a Community Center""; ""Attending to Individual Needs and Values""; ""Encouraging Teamwork""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - The Impact of Financial Resources on Support for Teacher Learning""; ""Challenges Posed by Limited Financial Resources""; ""Providing Adequate Teacher Salaries""; ""Teacher Turnover and Teacher Retention""
""Budgeting for Teacher Professional Development""""Benefiting from Discretion over Resource Allocation and Hiring""; ""Allocating a Percentage of the Budget to Professional Development""; ""Harnessing Additional Resources for Professional Development""; ""Sharing the Professional Development Budget with Faculty""; ""Establishing Priorities for Limited Resources""; ""Inviting Teachers to Establish Priorities""; ""Using Funding to Hire Additional Staff""; ""Creative Strategies for Coping with Limited Financial Resources""; ""Encouraging Faculty to Write Proposals""
""Traveling for Development""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910480996503321
Drago-Severson Eleanor  
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Autore Drago-Severson Eleanor
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 371.20120973
Soggetto topico School principals - United States
Educational leadership - United States
Teachers - In-service training - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6061-X
1-4833-6280-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About Professional Development""; ""School Leadership""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Developing a New Model of School Leadership for Teacher Learning""; ""The Study""; ""Origins of This Work""; ""Methods""; ""Participant and Site Selection""; ""Research Questions: What Did I Want to Learn?""; ""Data Collection: How Did I Investigate the Research Questions?""; ""Interviews""; ""Documents""; ""Data Analysis: Making Sense of the Learning""; ""Strengths and Limits of This Study""
""A New Model of Learning-Oriented School Leadership""""The Four Pillars of the Model""; ""Teaming""; ""Providing Leadership Roles""; ""Engaging in Collegial Inquiry""; ""Mentoring""; ""Underpinnings of the Model: Adult Learning and Development""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 2 - Constructive-Developmental Theory and Adult Development""; ""About Transformational Learning""; ""Kegan�s Constructive-Developmental Theory""; ""Basic Principles""; ""Ways of Knowing""; ""Why Ways of Knowing Matter When Supporting Teacher Learning""; ""About Holding Environments""
""Constructive-Development Theory: A New Foundation for Teacher Learning""""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 3 - Principals as Climate Shapers""; ""Lessons from Current Research""; ""The Core Principles That Ground Leadership Approaches""; ""Challenges to Building Positive School Cultures""; ""The Pressure to Improve Test Scores""; ""Avoiding a “One Size Fits all� Model: Attending to Individual Needs""; ""Strategies for Building a Positive School Climate""; ""Finding Time and Money""; ""Informal Structures""; ""Providing Food for Conversations""
""Rewarding Teachers in New Ways""""Honoring Teachers� Strengths and Contributions""; ""Promoting School Mission""; ""Valuing and Modeling “Respect for all�""; ""Growing the School as a Community Center""; ""Attending to Individual Needs and Values""; ""Encouraging Teamwork""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - The Impact of Financial Resources on Support for Teacher Learning""; ""Challenges Posed by Limited Financial Resources""; ""Providing Adequate Teacher Salaries""; ""Teacher Turnover and Teacher Retention""
""Budgeting for Teacher Professional Development""""Benefiting from Discretion over Resource Allocation and Hiring""; ""Allocating a Percentage of the Budget to Professional Development""; ""Harnessing Additional Resources for Professional Development""; ""Sharing the Professional Development Budget with Faculty""; ""Establishing Priorities for Limited Resources""; ""Inviting Teachers to Establish Priorities""; ""Using Funding to Hire Additional Staff""; ""Creative Strategies for Coping with Limited Financial Resources""; ""Encouraging Faculty to Write Proposals""
""Traveling for Development""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797457703321
Drago-Severson Eleanor  
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Helping teachers learn : principal leadership for adult growth and development / / Eleanor Drago Severson ; foreword by Susan Moore Johnson ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller ; graphic designer, Lisa Miller
Autore Drago-Severson Eleanor
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 371.20120973
Soggetto topico School principals - United States
Educational leadership - United States
Teachers - In-service training - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6061-X
1-4833-6280-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About Professional Development""; ""School Leadership""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Developing a New Model of School Leadership for Teacher Learning""; ""The Study""; ""Origins of This Work""; ""Methods""; ""Participant and Site Selection""; ""Research Questions: What Did I Want to Learn?""; ""Data Collection: How Did I Investigate the Research Questions?""; ""Interviews""; ""Documents""; ""Data Analysis: Making Sense of the Learning""; ""Strengths and Limits of This Study""
""A New Model of Learning-Oriented School Leadership""""The Four Pillars of the Model""; ""Teaming""; ""Providing Leadership Roles""; ""Engaging in Collegial Inquiry""; ""Mentoring""; ""Underpinnings of the Model: Adult Learning and Development""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 2 - Constructive-Developmental Theory and Adult Development""; ""About Transformational Learning""; ""Kegan�s Constructive-Developmental Theory""; ""Basic Principles""; ""Ways of Knowing""; ""Why Ways of Knowing Matter When Supporting Teacher Learning""; ""About Holding Environments""
""Constructive-Development Theory: A New Foundation for Teacher Learning""""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 3 - Principals as Climate Shapers""; ""Lessons from Current Research""; ""The Core Principles That Ground Leadership Approaches""; ""Challenges to Building Positive School Cultures""; ""The Pressure to Improve Test Scores""; ""Avoiding a “One Size Fits all� Model: Attending to Individual Needs""; ""Strategies for Building a Positive School Climate""; ""Finding Time and Money""; ""Informal Structures""; ""Providing Food for Conversations""
""Rewarding Teachers in New Ways""""Honoring Teachers� Strengths and Contributions""; ""Promoting School Mission""; ""Valuing and Modeling “Respect for all�""; ""Growing the School as a Community Center""; ""Attending to Individual Needs and Values""; ""Encouraging Teamwork""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Reflective Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - The Impact of Financial Resources on Support for Teacher Learning""; ""Challenges Posed by Limited Financial Resources""; ""Providing Adequate Teacher Salaries""; ""Teacher Turnover and Teacher Retention""
""Budgeting for Teacher Professional Development""""Benefiting from Discretion over Resource Allocation and Hiring""; ""Allocating a Percentage of the Budget to Professional Development""; ""Harnessing Additional Resources for Professional Development""; ""Sharing the Professional Development Budget with Faculty""; ""Establishing Priorities for Limited Resources""; ""Inviting Teachers to Establish Priorities""; ""Using Funding to Hire Additional Staff""; ""Creative Strategies for Coping with Limited Financial Resources""; ""Encouraging Faculty to Write Proposals""
""Traveling for Development""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910812539403321
Drago-Severson Eleanor  
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Gifted children - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4833-6108-X
1-4833-6325-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs""; ""Chapter 1 - Is Any Identification Procedure Necessary?""; ""Chapter 2 - Myth: There Must be “Winners� and “Losers� in Identification and Programming!""; ""Chapter 3 - The Role of Creativity in Identification of the Gifted and Talented""; ""Chapter 4 - Identifying Young, Potentially Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged Students""; ""Chapter 5 - Nonentrenchment in the Assessment of Intellectual Giftedness""
""Chapter 6 - Lies We Live by: Misapplication of Tests in Identifying the Gifted""""Chapter 7 - Myth: The Gifted Constitute 3�5% of the Population""; ""Chapter 8 - The Legacy and Logic of Research on the Identification of Gifted Persons""; ""Chapter 9 - Problems in the Identification of Giftedness, Talent, or Ability""; ""Chapter 10 - Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted""; ""Chapter 11 - Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark�s Drawing Abilities Test""
""Chapter 12 - The Characteristics Approach: Identification and beyond""""Chapter 13 - The Influence of Identification Practices, Race and SES on the Identification of Gifted Students""; ""Chapter 14 - Labeling Gifted Youngsters: Long-Term Impact on Families""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910480622603321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Gifted children - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6108-X
1-4833-6325-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs""; ""Chapter 1 - Is Any Identification Procedure Necessary?""; ""Chapter 2 - Myth: There Must be “Winners� and “Losers� in Identification and Programming!""; ""Chapter 3 - The Role of Creativity in Identification of the Gifted and Talented""; ""Chapter 4 - Identifying Young, Potentially Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged Students""; ""Chapter 5 - Nonentrenchment in the Assessment of Intellectual Giftedness""
""Chapter 6 - Lies We Live by: Misapplication of Tests in Identifying the Gifted""""Chapter 7 - Myth: The Gifted Constitute 3�5% of the Population""; ""Chapter 8 - The Legacy and Logic of Research on the Identification of Gifted Persons""; ""Chapter 9 - Problems in the Identification of Giftedness, Talent, or Ability""; ""Chapter 10 - Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted""; ""Chapter 11 - Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark�s Drawing Abilities Test""
""Chapter 12 - The Characteristics Approach: Identification and beyond""""Chapter 13 - The Influence of Identification Practices, Race and SES on the Identification of Gifted Students""; ""Chapter 14 - Labeling Gifted Youngsters: Long-Term Impact on Families""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797469503321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Identification of students for gifted and talented programs / / Joseph S. Renzulli, editor ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina 371.95
Collana Essential Readings in Gifted Education
Soggetto topico Gifted children - Education - United States
Gifted children - United States
ISBN 1-4833-6108-X
1-4833-6325-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Introduction to Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs""; ""Chapter 1 - Is Any Identification Procedure Necessary?""; ""Chapter 2 - Myth: There Must be “Winners� and “Losers� in Identification and Programming!""; ""Chapter 3 - The Role of Creativity in Identification of the Gifted and Talented""; ""Chapter 4 - Identifying Young, Potentially Gifted, Economically Disadvantaged Students""; ""Chapter 5 - Nonentrenchment in the Assessment of Intellectual Giftedness""
""Chapter 6 - Lies We Live by: Misapplication of Tests in Identifying the Gifted""""Chapter 7 - Myth: The Gifted Constitute 3�5% of the Population""; ""Chapter 8 - The Legacy and Logic of Research on the Identification of Gifted Persons""; ""Chapter 9 - Problems in the Identification of Giftedness, Talent, or Ability""; ""Chapter 10 - Cognitive Profiles of Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Students: Implications for Identification of the Gifted""; ""Chapter 11 - Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark�s Drawing Abilities Test""
""Chapter 12 - The Characteristics Approach: Identification and beyond""""Chapter 13 - The Influence of Identification Practices, Race and SES on the Identification of Gifted Students""; ""Chapter 14 - Labeling Gifted Youngsters: Long-Term Impact on Families""; ""Index""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910816385303321
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
Autore Smith J. David <1944->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina 371.9
Soggetto topico Children with disabilities - Education
Inclusive education
Children with disabilities - Care - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4833-6264-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Power and Epiphany�Reflections on the Personal and Cultural Value of Disabilities""; ""The Value of Disability""; ""Part I - My Own Journey""; ""Chapter 1 - Disability and Revelation: Lessons Learned and Flying Squirrels""; ""Chapter 2 - Learning to Love, Loving to Learn: Mike and the Clown Faces""; ""Chapter 3 - Inclusion, Exclusion, and other Matters of the Heart: The Story of Nan""; ""Chapter 4 - Disabling Prejudice: Aunt Celie and the Marble Cake""
""Chapter 5 - Lessons in Patois: Learning to be a Jamaican""""Chapter 6 - A Father�s Proud Moment: The Day My Daughter became a Gifted Samaritan""; ""Chapter 7 - Recapturing the Spirit of Caring: Uncle, Brownie, and Sausage Biscuits""; ""Part I: Questions to Ponder""; ""Part II - Disability, Science, and Pseudoscience""; ""Chapter 8 - Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project""; ""The Tragedy of Involuntary Sterilization""; ""Eugenics: A Continuing Legacy""; ""The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation""; ""Mental Retardation, “Felt Necessities,� and Ethics""
""Chapter 9 - Eugenics Revisited: Buck versus Bell and The Bell Curve""""Chapter 10 - Old Texts, Disabilities, and the Persistent Argument: For Whom the Bell Curves""; ""Chapter 11 - Different Voices of Advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt""; ""Helen Keller: A Magnificent Exception""; ""Helen Keller and the Parameters of Advocacy""; ""Burton Blatt�s Advocacy: The Golden Rule and beyond""; ""Legacies and Challenges""; ""Chapter 12 - A Place or No Place for Disabilities: Disney�s Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs�s Eugenics, and Visions of Utopian Perfection""
""Tarzan and the Triumph of Heredity""""Burroughs on Genetic Predetermination""; ""Burroughs on Breeding for Utopia""; ""Utopia and Disabilities""; ""Chapter 13 - The Polio Vaccine Research and Children with Disabilities: Sacrifices for the Miracle""; ""Personal Reflections on Polio""; ""The Salk Vaccine and “Institutionalized� Research""; ""Feeding Live Polio Virus to Children with Disabilities""; ""Research and Disabilities: Other Cases""; ""Claiming a Place of Value for People with Disabilities: The Continuing Struggle""; ""Part II: Questions to Ponder""
""Part III - Disability in Historical and Literary Perspectives""""Chapter 14 - Disability and the Need for a Romantic Science: Darwin�s Last Child""; ""Chapter 15 - Words of Understanding, Concepts of Inclusiveness: The Wisdom of Margaret Mead""; ""Chapter 16 - The Question of Differential Advocacy: Laura Bridgman""; ""Constructing the Disability of Mental Retardation""; ""Disability and Invisibility""; ""Laura Bridgman: The First Miracle""; ""Chapter 17 - Disabilities and the Challenges of Equality: Looking Backward, Looking Forward""; ""Looking Backward""; ""Looking Forward""
""Chapter 18 - Diversity and Disability: Individuality and Mental Retardation""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910480305203321
Smith J. David <1944->  
Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui