"When schools, for example, claim that gifted education does not start until third grade, or that gifted education is reduced to a one-hour pull-out class, it often falls on parents to challenge these rules."
Why did this comment strike me? This following statement struck me, because I believe that there is so much more to gifted education beyond one-hour pull out sessions. Gifted education services should extend throughout the entire school day, and l believe that it should start in Kindergarten. I believe in early testing, screening, and gifted services and education should be offered as early as possible. Question: Can providing all students more opportunities to consistent interest-based service learning projects from grades K-16 lead to high academic results in writing, reading, and the arts. On the other hand, does providing relevant and innovation service learning projects to students in elementary school throughout college lead more gifted learners being identified throughout the world? 🌍🌏🌎📚
"Insist on universal screening, which is more likely to identify gifted students who "don't look gifted."
Question: If a case study was to be conducted on the hidden racism, discrimination, and segregation that takes places within gifted programs throughout the world? What would the data conclude? Lastly, are their new ways that various gifted programs could work together collaboratively to develop more creative ways to help identify gifted learners? If students were allow to teach each other, and lead their own service learning projects, would their be a increase in more gifted learners being identified? In a similar way, if students where able to teach each other more consistently with measurable innovative learning objectives in place, would their be a increase in the amount of gifted learners being identified?
Thank you so much for writing, and sharing this article. I am grateful.
Thanks so much for raising your very relevant concerns. Yes, I completely agree... too many kids are bored (gifted or not), too many minority children are not identified or academically challenged (leading to what one researcher, Jonathan Plucker, describes as the "excellence gap"), too many gifted programs offer little enrichment. And of course, there are US states where gifted education is not even acknoweldged as a legal right.. I could go on about all of this. Glad to hear that you are so attuned to this issue, and thank you again for your comments.
Two statements that struck me from the article:
"When schools, for example, claim that gifted education does not start until third grade, or that gifted education is reduced to a one-hour pull-out class, it often falls on parents to challenge these rules."
Why did this comment strike me? This following statement struck me, because I believe that there is so much more to gifted education beyond one-hour pull out sessions. Gifted education services should extend throughout the entire school day, and l believe that it should start in Kindergarten. I believe in early testing, screening, and gifted services and education should be offered as early as possible. Question: Can providing all students more opportunities to consistent interest-based service learning projects from grades K-16 lead to high academic results in writing, reading, and the arts. On the other hand, does providing relevant and innovation service learning projects to students in elementary school throughout college lead more gifted learners being identified throughout the world? 🌍🌏🌎📚
"Insist on universal screening, which is more likely to identify gifted students who "don't look gifted."
Question: If a case study was to be conducted on the hidden racism, discrimination, and segregation that takes places within gifted programs throughout the world? What would the data conclude? Lastly, are their new ways that various gifted programs could work together collaboratively to develop more creative ways to help identify gifted learners? If students were allow to teach each other, and lead their own service learning projects, would their be a increase in more gifted learners being identified? In a similar way, if students where able to teach each other more consistently with measurable innovative learning objectives in place, would their be a increase in the amount of gifted learners being identified?
Thank you so much for writing, and sharing this article. I am grateful.
Thanks so much for raising your very relevant concerns. Yes, I completely agree... too many kids are bored (gifted or not), too many minority children are not identified or academically challenged (leading to what one researcher, Jonathan Plucker, describes as the "excellence gap"), too many gifted programs offer little enrichment. And of course, there are US states where gifted education is not even acknoweldged as a legal right.. I could go on about all of this. Glad to hear that you are so attuned to this issue, and thank you again for your comments.