Gifted education

When a person thinks of college some might think of higher education or pursuing their dreams and landing a dream job while others may think of partying and the fall football season. Regardless of what people think, universities have shared the same academic goal of providing a unique educational experience that grade school cannot offer. Colleges are losing sight of the academic mission and purpose of higher education in exchange for concentrating and prioritizing athletic programs within their…

As a teacher, it is my job to provide a classroom environment where students can learn and succeed. Part of this involves managing behavior so that all students can learn and so that expectations are being met. One way to manage this is through the application of behaviorism. Developed by B.F. Skinner, behaviorism either reinforces or eliminates behaviors by adding or removing stimuli from the environment. For this lesson, my instructional setting is a 3rd grade classroom in an urban…

need to judge the strengths and weaknesses of the disabled students. The education authorities can plan their strategies…

Student U as opposed to other opportunities you may have this summer? My unique contribution to the Student U community as a College Promise Teacher is providing a realization for hispanic students in the durham public school systems that getting an education and going to college is possible. Being a hispanic teacher presents a comfort zone for them and someone they can come talk to. I once spent my summers sitting in the same chairs as these new students. I’m an example of how Student U has…

Purpose of Education? William Edward Burghardt Du Bois in his essay Of Our Spiritual Striving explains the importance of education and what should be changed to make it a better experience for everyone. When Du Bois realized, what education was and what he had missed he decided to perfect education so that it would change from the incomplete, oversimplified version to its true potential and its complexity. Whether some of his ideas were implemented by choice or force, they changed education for…

works as a Gifted Education teacher in an elementary school. The teacher I interviewed asked for her name and school to remain out of the paper. “I teach 1st through 4th gifted. The gifted program is meant for those who need an extra push in school.” Instead of having IEPs, gifted students have GIEPs. GIEP stands for Gifted Individualized Education Program. My teacher has been teaching the gifted program for 20 years. She started out subbing for a few years before beginning to teach gifted.…

Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Not a day in your life will you be living a life without the need of an education. Whether you’re a doctor or a garbage collector, you’ll have to need a type of education. The right to education is listed as one of our human rights. Yet, why are there thousands of people around the world with no education? Back in the segregation era, slaves wanted an education. However, an “educated slave was a dangerous slave.” Slaves faced…

Researchers have shown that education leads to improved well-being and contentment, and the effect is more pronounced as learner ascend in age. Even short spurts of reading have been shown to improve emotional well-being. Reason 2: Learning Improves Personal Health A relatively recent…

Every day I see intelligent and gifted students wear away at the hands of society. These very students yearn for education, but are not given the tools and support that I am given in order to be successful. Like me, these students are considered to be in the “lower quartile”, which entails students who don’t receive the best education and are not fully prepared to achieve to and through college. However, this is due to the quality of the school’s education given. Low-income students are less…

additional pay raises, they would still not be paid as much as they deserve to be paid and it would only affect the top few teachers. Further, there is no definition of a good teacher and it would still not be an adequate paying job for the amount of education, training, and work required to become a teacher…