Giftedness is a really huge concept to define. Since the word giftedness came up, there are many different definitions about it. The reason of this, it has many small components in it. Putting all of these small components into one short definition is not easy.
The District of Wonder defines gifted children as an individual who identified by professionally qualified persons who, when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment, exhibit capability of high performance in intellectual, creative or artistic areas, possess an unusual capacity for leadership or excel in specific academic fields.
According to US Department of Education 1993, a gifted child means “Children and youth with outstanding talent who perform or show the …show more content…
We designed everything appropriately for gifted education and level of the gifted learners. First of all, we developed our curriculum based on Parallel Curriculum Model’s four dimensions which are Core, Connections, Practice, and Identity. Each of the four parallels offers a unique approach for organizing content, teaching, and learning that is closely aligned to the special purpose of each parallel. The nature of the Parallel Curriculum Model makes it very easy to use within a single classroom This model encourages differentiated learning based on our gifted students’ need. It fosters our student think critically and deeply. In addition, students are able to learn things that they interest through this model. Using with PCM, we differentiate all materials and methods that we use in the gifted …show more content…
First, we teach students how to learn in our program. To do this, everything (curriculum, materials, methods, etc.) must be appropriate to the gifted student’s level. For instance, if the material is old or the pace is too slow, the gifted students do not learn as much as they should or could. As I said earlier, our gifted program has differentiated materials which developed based on PCM. Teachers who are teaching in our gifted classes are using enriched materials. They are teaching more complex, creative and student-centered lessons in these classes. Our curriculum has also included many innovative methods which seen occasionally in the regular classroom, such as problem-based learning, analytical, critical and creative learning, literature-based reading, and self-directed
The District of Wonder defines gifted children as an individual who identified by professionally qualified persons who, when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment, exhibit capability of high performance in intellectual, creative or artistic areas, possess an unusual capacity for leadership or excel in specific academic fields.
According to US Department of Education 1993, a gifted child means “Children and youth with outstanding talent who perform or show the …show more content…
We designed everything appropriately for gifted education and level of the gifted learners. First of all, we developed our curriculum based on Parallel Curriculum Model’s four dimensions which are Core, Connections, Practice, and Identity. Each of the four parallels offers a unique approach for organizing content, teaching, and learning that is closely aligned to the special purpose of each parallel. The nature of the Parallel Curriculum Model makes it very easy to use within a single classroom This model encourages differentiated learning based on our gifted students’ need. It fosters our student think critically and deeply. In addition, students are able to learn things that they interest through this model. Using with PCM, we differentiate all materials and methods that we use in the gifted …show more content…
First, we teach students how to learn in our program. To do this, everything (curriculum, materials, methods, etc.) must be appropriate to the gifted student’s level. For instance, if the material is old or the pace is too slow, the gifted students do not learn as much as they should or could. As I said earlier, our gifted program has differentiated materials which developed based on PCM. Teachers who are teaching in our gifted classes are using enriched materials. They are teaching more complex, creative and student-centered lessons in these classes. Our curriculum has also included many innovative methods which seen occasionally in the regular classroom, such as problem-based learning, analytical, critical and creative learning, literature-based reading, and self-directed