| Issues
facing gifted students and their teachers in New Zealand
by
Debbie Smith |
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The
Commonwealth Ministers of Education met in South Africa
in December 2006 to discuss education issues facing
countries of the Commonwealth. ODS teacher Debbie
Smith wrote this article for the book that was released
for the conference, called Commonwealth Education
Partnerships, published by Nexus Strategic Partnership,
Cambridge.
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| The
gifted visual-spatial learner
by Sharon Mansfield |
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A
quest for knowledge and understanding. Written by
Sharon Mansfield, ODS Teacher, Hawkes Bay.
An
important initial step in helping visual spatial learners
is to recognise that these children are not “broke”,
and don’t need “fixing”? Rather, they
simply have a world view that exists on a different
plane to many of us.
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| It's
Election Time! |
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TEACHERS!
Do you want more support to help you meet MoE requirements
for gifted learners? PARENTS! Do you want funding
for One Day School?
Who
will you vote for? What can you do to make the politicians
listen?
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(480KB) |
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| Gifted
Policies - Political parties explain their policy on
gifted education |
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Courtesy
of NZAGC. Published in Tall Poppies 2005 vol 30 no
2.
With
the election just around the corner, the NZAGC asked
eleven political parties (National, Labour, Act, Alliance,
NZ First, United Future, Greens, NZ Democrats, Progressive,
Christian Heritage and Libertarianz) to provide and
explain their policy on gifted children. We
publish here the five replies received.
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| High
Achievers and Gifted Learners: Can They Mix? by
Rosemary Cathcart |
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This
is one of those eternal problems for us all, arising
from the fact that in the nature of things, there
are always going to be fewer genuinely gifted children
than there are high achievers, so it's always going
to be difficult, even in larger schools, to create
a separate class for gifted learners. In smaller schools,
it can be difficult even to create a small withdrawal
group solely of the genuinely gifted.
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| The
Mystery Condition: Detection and Intervention by
Rosemary Cathcart |
| There
is a group of children in New Zealand who have a condition
which severely impacts on their learning but which is
very difficult to diagnose. It is so difficult, in fact,
that some researchers believe that over 50% of children
with this condition are never diagnosed and never receive
appropriate help...this condition is giftedness. |
(378KB) |
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| Gifted
Is As Gifted Does by Rosemary Cathcart |
| "Gifted
is as gifted does...."
We've
all heard that phrase, spoken tolerantly or perhaps
with some exasperation!... And yet that same phrase
is the key to working successfully with gifted learners.
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(200KB) |
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| Choosing
a School by Rosemary Cathcart |
| An
invaluable small booklet setting out some practical
questions and tips for parents based on our- own experiences
in working with schools and families. |
(640KB)
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| They're
Not Bringing My Brain Out (3rd edition) by Rosemary
Cathcart |
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Rosemary
Cathcart
Hodder Education, Isbn 186971038X
RRP $44.99
September 2005
TO
ORDER
Learning Network has this resource available
for you. Go to www.learningnetwork.ac.nz
and then type “They’re not Bringing
my Brain Out” into the ‘Search’
box at the top of the page. If you prefer
to contact them by email, just contact them
at resources@learningnetwork.ac.nz.
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Written
by Rosemary Cathcart, one of the country's leading
authorities in this area, They're Not Bringing
My Brain Out is an essential handbook for those
tackling this challenge. It provides practical, easy-to-use
tools and strategies for teachers and others working
with gifted and talented children, either in the regular
classroom, or in a differentiated programme. This
updated edition drawing on the latest research in the
field covers material on identifying gifted and talented
children, working with parents, writing policy, resources,
ability grouping, cultural perspectives and learning
disabilities. |
