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Education of the Gifted and Talented. Mr Neil Downing Principal - SELB Mr David Ryan Adviser - BELB.
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Education of the Gifted and Talented
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Mr Neil Downing Principal - SELB
Mr David RyanAdviser - BELB
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Consider the following statements
“There is no need to do anything for Gifted students as they are already well endowed”
“Northern Ireland has a world class education system with good results, good schools and therefore does not need to have gifted programmes”
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Setting the Context
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Features of a Model Policy
Teaching the Very Able Child: Developing a Policy and Strategies for Provision. Belle Wallace. NACE (2000)
•Rationale
•Statement of Intention
•Definitions
•Identification
•Organisational Issues
•Provision
•Transition
•PSE
•GATCO
•CPD
•MER
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Activity
What do you consider would be a good
working definition?
Discuss in groups of 4-6 with feedback
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sWhite et al (2003, 3)
has identified over 200 different definitions for gifted and talented.
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sOutstanding Ability (Teare, 1997,11)
Able and Talented (Kerry, 1981, 5)
Bright Pupils (Leroux & McMillen, 1983, 7)
High Ability (Denton & Postlethwaite, 1985, 66)
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sMajoram (1988,15)
genius, gifted,
high ability, talented,
flair, creative•Many
•Confusing
•Not well defined
•Used interchangeably
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sNational Association for
Able Children in Education (NACE)
Able, Gifted and Talented
www.nace.co.uk
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CCEA DefinitionIn the absence of an agreed definition of the terms‘Gifted and Talented’ and ‘Exceptionally Able’, wehave assumed that the student’s abilities will be inone or more of the following areas:- general intellectual ability or talent;- specific academic aptitude or talent;- visual and performing arts and sports;- leadership ability;- creative and productive thinking;- mechanical ingenuity; and- special abilities in empathy, understandingand negotiation.NB. Caution should be exercised
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sDepartment for Education and Skills (DfES) Renamed the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DfCSF) in 2007
The gifted are those with high ability in one or more academic subjects, and the talented are those with high ability in sport, music, visual arts and/or performing arts.(Teachernet, 2006)
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sGray-Fow (2005, 15)
suggest that the DfES definition is straightforward and has a lot to recommend it as it is easily understood. The drawback is that it does not correspond with many writers’ definitions of talent.
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Activity
What terminology will your school use? – Able, More Able, Gifted and
Talented, Exceptionally Able?
Discuss in groups of 4-6 with feedback
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What terminology will your school use? – Able, More Able, Gifted and Talented, Exceptionally Able?
How will you define the cohort?
Top 5% (National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth)
5-10% DfES/DfCSF20% NACE40% (Denton and Postlethwaite)
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Existing School Data
Teacher Identification
Self Nomination
Parents
Peers
External Sources – e.g. Ed. Psy
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Activity
Identify your gifted and talented cohort from the information provided
Discuss in groups of 4-6 with feedback
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TaskCommitment
Creativity
AboveAverage
Ability
Renzulli Ring
Source: Ryan, 2006