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In Teaching Able, Gifted and Talented Children, the author Clive Tunnicliffe, offers a vision of provision for able, gifted and talented (AG&T) learners within the context of Every Child Matters (ECM) legislation and the drive to achieve personalized learning. Providing a clear and concise summary of an increasingly important area of educational provision, this book offers the right balance of theory and practical strategies. Each chapter contains a summary of key points, case studies of good practice, great ideas to use with students and Professional Development Activities for staff.
Defining Able, Gifted and Talented
Defining Able, Gifted and Talented
Arriving at a suitable definition requires clarity of purpose about:
- The contrasting range of overlapping terms and concepts available in discussing high ability
- The organisational ethos underpinning the agreed definition
- The availability of generic definitions and how they might be used to scaffold a whole-school formula
- Theoretical models of gifted performance and how they relate to learners and learning within the school
- Appropriate professional development activities to achieve consensus.
The purpose of this chapter is to prompt consideration of what the school policy means when it refers to able, gifted and talented children. This question is not merely one of abstract or academic definition. Being clear about the terms makes it easier to be clear about which youngsters the terms describe. This ...
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