Full Description
Part of the How to Help series of books exploring issues commonly faced by children and young people at home and in school, The Gifted Learner offers an accessible introduction to how high ability students can best be supported to achieve their full potential. Gifted (or more able, or high potential) learners are often overlooked in education, partly because they are diverse and partly because they are seen as bright and thus able to cope without support. In fact giftedness does not mean consistent high ability; gifted children may not excel in all subjects, and many are emotionally immature. As a result they are vulnerable. Drawing on case studies to offer a complete guide to what giftedness is how it can be supported, Fidelma Healy Eames argues that gifted learners must be recognised, understood and nurtured holistically at cognitive and emotional levels - and shows how parents, carers, teachers and schools can help.
Contents
Series Preface; About the Author;
Author's Preface; How to Use This Book
Part 1: Introduction
1. What is giftedness?; 2. Why a book on the gifted learner?; 3. The Gifted Learner Framework; 4. Models of giftedness; 5. Tests for giftedness; 6. History of giftedness
Part 2: Learning characteristics of gifted learners
7. Curiosity and the gifted learner; 8. Problem-solving - relationship with maths and science; 9. Avid readers; 10. Quick learners
Part 3: Creativity
11. Flexible and divergent thinkers; 12. Gifted learners' language usage - spoken and written; 13. Creative talent and imaginative expression; 14. Sense of humour
Part 4: Motivation and leadership
15. Motivation and task commitment; 16. Boredom; 17. Competitiveness; 18. Leadership
Part 5: Self-esteem and emotional development
19. Self-acceptance and gifted learners; 20. Perfectionism and the intense gifted learner; 21. Worry and anxiety
Part 6: Inclusion and curriculum provision
22. Under-achieving gifted learners; 23. The twice-exceptional learner; 24. A differentiated curriculum for gifted learners; 25. Best practice to support giftedness
Part 7: Conclusion
30. Summary; 31. A last word to parents and carers; 32. A last word to teachers and schools
