Including the Gifted and Talented: Making Inclusion Work for More Gifted and Able Learners

by Smith; Chris

• ISBN13: 9780415361101
• ISBN10: 0415361109
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This thought-provoking book addresses a key issue related to inclusion: what place is there for gifted and talented learners? Here, a range of internationally renowned experts on gifted education challenge the assumption that educational inclusion relates only to those pupils with learning difficulties. Many countries are pursuing inclusive ideals while also trying to address the needs of their gifted and talented pupils.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vii
List of contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiii
What does inclusion mean for the gifted and talented?	p. 1
Principles of inclusion: implications for able learners	p. 3
Inequity in equity: tackling the excellence-equality conundrum	p. 22
Can 'inclusion' work for the gifted and talented?	p. 41
The early years setting - an inclusive framework	p. 56
Are we nearly there yet?	p. 69
Can selective interventions be inclusive?	p. 85
Submerged talent in inner cities: inclusion by intervention	p. 87
Maximising potential - both academic and social-emotional	p. 102
To group or not to group: is that the question?	p. 119
What can ordinary schools do to promote inclusion for gifted and talented learners?	p. 139
Accommodating gifted learners in regular classrooms: promises and pitfalls	p. 141
Structured tinkering: improving provision for the gifted in ordinary schools	p. 161
Double exceptionality: gifted children with special educational needs - what ordinary schools can do to promote inclusion	p. 176
A curriculum of opportunity: developing potential into performance	p. 192
Index	p. 217
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