Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs

by Scott J. Peters

Other authorsMichael Matthews (Author), D. Betsy McCoach (Author), Matthew T. McBee (Author)

Paperback, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

371.95

Genres

Nonfiction

Collection

Education

Publication

Routledge (2013), Edition: 1, 244 pages

Description

Seeking a more comprehensive vision for gifted education, this book offers a modern vision of programs and services for gifted and talented students. Beyond Gifted Education: Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs provides the first comprehensive look at designing and implementing advanced academic student programs. Written by four leading experts in the field, Beyond Gifted Education reviews the current range of traditional gifted education practices and policies. Then, the book offers the concerned gifted program coordinator or school administrator a more expansive approach to educating gifted learners. The authors lead readers through the process of identifying needs, responding with programming, and then finding students who are well-suited for and would benefit from advanced academic programming. Detailed examples walk the reader through real-world scenarios and programs common to the gifted coordinator on topics such as cluster grouping, acceleration, and increasing diversity. Throughout the book, connections are made to Common Core State Standards, Response to Intervention, and a wealth of outside research in order to support ideas.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jbarr5

Beyond Gifted Education Designing and Implementing Advanced Academic Programs by Scott Peters, Michael Matthews, Matthew McBee and Betsy McCoach
I was interested in this book mostly for the welfare of my grandson's education as he's been placed in a specialized classroom just recently.
I was so glad

to read that not only do you go by the test results but don't rely on them specifically for placement of the child in a gifted classroom.
People can determine if the child needs to be there without test scores. The references, resources found in this book are superior to the subject and I found the book easy to follow along.
It starts with having a plan and not only sticking to it but modifying it for each child.
I received this book from Library Thing in exchange for my honest review.

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LibraryThing member Lizdugan

While I no longer teach GT students, this does allow me new and unique ways to help all of my students. This is a book I would reccomend for all teachers preparing for Common Core. Teaching the Core will be like teach GT last year, so this may well turn into a vital resource.

LibraryThing member pffftwhatever

This book is a bit heavy on technical jargon, written for professional teachers and administrators. I liked the basic premise, that gifted education is most schools is fundamentally flawed. I appreciated the effort put in towards concrete solutions, it's not just a here's what's wrong book, it's a

manual for fixing issues. But unless parents, teachers and administrators all read and enjoy this book, it's certainly never going to change. It's a lot of actual hard work recommended, which is needed, but schools are already stretched thin and are legally mandated to offer special education classes, but not gifted classes. Still, it was nice to read proof that we know how to do gifted education, even if we aren't doing it.

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LibraryThing member julieaduncan

It took me a long while to make myself get through this book. It's more like a textbook or possibly dissertation than it is for reading quick tips or guidelines for working with the gifted and talented. I definitely agree with their premise about taking the focus off of just identifying our gifted

and talented students. We need to focus more on what we can do to help students who demonstrate academic need and that their needs change over time. A student who needs more challenging work in mathematics in second grade may not necessarily need it for third grade. The book also encourages identifying students who need the services you will actually provide. Some schools may choose to offer enrichment in the arts while other schools are unable to do so. Another school may offer a language arts enrichment so they should identify the students who need that - not just stick them in there because they had a certain IQ. I liked the statement, "IQ tests contain no information about curricular levels." All in all, the book has good information, but it's not something that I wanted to pick up and read before going to bed. I had to have a certain frame of mind and concentration in order to get into it.

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LibraryThing member jrimkus

Although I am a professional educator, with an endorsement in gifted education, I found this book somewhat dry. It has a great premise- that advanced learners, labeled 'gifted' or not, need to be met where they are. Students should be identified and served in the same way. Although 'cutoffs' are

arbitrary, it is the unfortunate nature of education that there has to be a 'line drawn'. I appreciated the fact that the author offered guidance and direction for educators as well as administrators in the implementation of gifted services. It is a good choice for educators who want to further their knowledge in the field.

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