Gifted Program Advocacy: Overhauling Bandwagons to Build Support.

Dettmer, Peggy

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ERIC Number: EJ439629

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Gifted Program Advocacy: Overhauling Bandwagons to Build Support.

Dettmer, Peggy

Gifted Child Quarterly, v35 n4 p165-71 Fall 1991

Guidelines for promoting gifted education programs are offered, including being judicious in promotion efforts, developing support among different role groups, and strengthening support within role groups (e.g., teachers, parents, students, administrators, community leaders, policymakers, and business leaders). A cyclic model of advocacy stages is provided. (DB)

Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Lobbying, Program Development, Public Relations, Publicity, Talent

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Advocacy and Support for Gifted Programs.