Gifted and Talented Children 4-11 - Understanding and Supporting Their Development

Zusatztext 'With valuble background information and references to relevent research! this book will be useful for parents! govenors and early years professionals interested in the social and emotional development of G&T children.' - G&T Update November 2009 Informationen zum Autor Christine Macintyre is a fellow of the University of Edinburgh. Zusammenfassung Responding directly to current thinking in education, this book raises practitioners’ expectations, and shows you how to identify children in your class as gifted and talented. Essential reading for all primary teachers and teaching assistants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Discussing the issues 1. Gifted and Talented Children: Explaining the differences 2. Understanding the nature of gifted and talented children: A biological perspective 3. Understanding the nurture of gifted and talented children: An environmental perspective 4. Practical strategies to intrigue gifted and talented children in Nursery and at school 5. Gifted and talented children with learning difficulties: Asynchronous development (ASD) Appendix 1: Some early norms of development Appendix 2: Characteristics of giftedness Appendix 3: Extract from The Scottish Curriculum for Excellence Bibliography Index Glossary of terms

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• Authors: Macintyre, Christine MacIntyre, Christine (Moray House School of Educat Macintyre, Christine (Moray House School of Education Macintyre
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138144729
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14472-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; EDUCATION / General, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Teaching of gifted students, Pre-school and kindergarten, Primary and middle schools