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Overview
"This teacher handbook provides professional developmental support, direction and practical wisdom to those teachers who have children with special abilities in their classrooms. It is the result of the author's extensive experience in working with children who are gifted and talented. Strongly underpinned by current thinking in the area of gifted and talented education, the resource also takes an accessible and practical 'inclusive' approach to ways of working with highly able children in regular classrooms." This resource has been written for all those primary teachers who want a clear, accessible and practical guide for providing a learning environment in which highly able students will flourish and grow.Synopsis
"This teacher handbook provides professional developmental support, direction and practical wisdom to those teachers who have children with special abilities in their classrooms. It is the result of the author's extensive experience in working with children who are gifted and talented. Strongly underpinned by current thinking in the area of gifted and talented education, the resource also takes an accessible and practical 'inclusive' approach to ways of working with highly able children in regular classrooms." This resource has been written for all those primary teachers who want a clear, accessible and practical guide for providing a learning environment in which highly able students will flourish and grow.
Booknews
This teacher handbook provides professional developmental support, direction, and practical wisdom to teachers seeking to identify and support children with special abilities, offering an inclusive approach to working with highly able children in regular classrooms. Coverage includes identification of abilities and needs, learning and teaching strategies, social and emotional development, and relating to parents. Although there is no index, many checklists and sample forms are included. Taylor has been a primary school teacher (in the UK) and is currently an advisor on gifted students. The book is distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)