Gifted education

varied types (“Disabilities”). For example, I never realized that there were specific categories called, “Other Health Impairment,” “Multiple Disabilities,” and “Specific Learning Disabilities” (“Disabilities”). The amount of work the Department of Education has put into classifying each disability is astounding and truly shows how important it is to understand the students. I always knew it was important to teach these students in a way they would be able to understand, but I never realized…

the input of students. Autonomous Learner Model is an approach to helping students become problem solvers through divergent and convergent thinking (Betts and Knapp, 1981). The Autonomous Learner Model (ALM) is to promote self-directed learning in gifted and talented students. The major goal of the model is to facilitate the growth of students as independent, self-directed learners, with the development of skills, concepts and positive attitudes within the cognitive, emotional and social…

When I was studying at the Duzici Anatolian Teacher High School, which known as just very successful in training future teachers, I learned a lot of things about teaching. In addition, I had to go on a training course for regional boarding secondary school for one semester. At that time and I believe it is still a very prevalent thing; especially poor families dropping their children into this type of boarding school. Sad but true, they do not have any other option, it is like a mandatory…

My parents despite never graduating from school themselves, knew the importance of getting an education, so they always motivated me to be the best and to never let anything stop me from achieving my goals. I was also motivated by the struggles my parents faced because, I did not want their struggle to be in vain, so I always pushed myself to excel in every subject, as a result I was placed in the gifted classes for students who were learning at an accelerated rate. When I was 9 years old my…

Nowadays, we are a too larger number of Black males who are being assigned to special education throughout the United States. The author Jawanza Kunjufu insists that Black boys are put in special education over four times more frequently than Black girls. Overall, males are more likely to be placed in special education than White females. The book “Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education analyzes these problems and focuses on building awareness and expands solutions. Kunjufu's book debates…

Young Gifted and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African American Students, a compilation of three essays, presents a compelling argument on the experience and achievement of African American students in schools. Leading African American theorists, Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard 3rd each contribute a moving essay to the book. The authors investigate how African American students experience school in a society that has historically devalued their intellectual abilities.…

love her like a child. I was in the gifted program in Washington, but it was geared differently than here in Kansas as it was a full day class. You had to be at least one year ahead of your typical peers in all subject areas in order to participate. I did pretty well, but struggled in math, especially long division, which was hard for me as a first child with perfection issues. When we moved to Kansas, I had to be reassessed before going into the gifted program and so was able to retake the…

this journey of exploring political and philosophical ideas I had a strong sense of my personal beliefs. What I lacked was a personal opinion about these ideas in relation to education. Through out this course I have come to realize that some of my strongest personal beliefs did not align with my personal philosophy of education. I came into this course as a purist, but I am leaving with a different sense of self. Through careful consideration of many different convictions through out this…

ii: The data team will look to see if there has been any growth for the failing students identified at the start of the year. iii: The district report card will be reviewed to determine if there has been an improvement in gap closing and if the gifted data shows adequate growth for students in this particular subgroup. IV: FAILURE IS NOT AN…

Salaries for high school teachers with fifteen years of experience and the minimum level of education and training required to be certified exceeded $40,000 in Denmark, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands and exceeded $60,000 in Switzerland. In the United States, it was $35,000. With statistics like this, people wonder why anyone would want to be a teacher. Teaching is not for everyone. I personally tell people “you do not understand why people would want to teach, unless you want to teach.”…