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Johnson, Barbara, Ed. – 1977
The handbook provides a compilation of presentations and papers on the development of potential leadership in the education of gifted and talented students. Chapter I, "Certain Criteria Lead Toward Leadership" (P. Judkins), discusses identification of potential leadership characteristics. In Chapter II, "Leading Leaders" (J. Olivero), leadership…
Descriptors: Community Role, Creativity, Definitions, Exceptional Child Education
Delisle, James R. – 2002
This volume contains a collection of more than 50 articles and essays written by a professor of education at Kent State University who coordinates the undergraduate and graduate programs in gifted child education and directs a program for gifted students in grades 7-8. The articles, from publications such as "Education…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Advocacy, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum
Torrance, E. Paul – 2002
This book reports on a 40-year longitudinal study of factors that foster or inhibit creativity over time. Students in elementary grades were originally evaluated from 1958 to 1964. Follow-up in 1980 led to development of a Manifesto for Children which summarized conclusions in the form of guidance for aphorisms such as "Don't be afraid to fall in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adults, Attitudes, Career Development
Heller, Kurt A., Ed.; Monks, Franz J., Ed.; Sternberg, Robert J., Ed.; Subotnik, Rena F., Ed. – 2000
This volume presents 59 chapters on research and development in giftedness and talent from an international perspective. This second edition includes 80 percent new material and incorporates three fundamental changes from the previous edition: perspectives from scholars in related fields, new scholarship emerging in the late 1990s on talent…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Child Development, Comparative Education
Download full textCorbett, H. Dickson; Wilson, Bruce L. – 2001
This report summarizes the responses of students in two Philadelphia high schools to the second year of implementation of the Talent Development comprehensive school reform model. Both schools served low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic American students. The Talent Development model was intended to improve schools facing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedRiley, Tracy L. – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1999
This article describes 10 past events that might shape the future in gifted education, including: the birth of egalitarianism, the creative expression in the 1960s, the role of the media, civil rights, concepts of intelligence, political correctness, the information highway, inclusion, funding for education, the industrial revolution, and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Civil Rights, Creativity, Educational Change
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Carol Rohrer – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1999
This article discusses allowing high school students to enroll simultaneously in high school and college courses. Controversial issues surrounding dual enrollment are considered including: shifting control for educational decisions, awarding course credit and grades, and reallocating tax dollars for tuition. Factors in developing a student's K-16…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Credits, College School Cooperation, Dual Enrollment
McPartland, James M.; And Others – 1996
Sorting practices in the public schools place students, especially those from poor and minority families, at risk. The "talent-development" model is based on the assumption that all students, with adequate support, can learn. This report describes outcomes of the first Talent Development High School, which was established in September 1995 at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, College Preparation, Core Curriculum
Howley, Craig B.; And Others – 1995
In interpreting the intellectual and cultural contexts of gifted education, this book considers how and why U.S. schooling fails to care for intellect and to develop the talents of all children. Rather than acting as stewards charged with nurturing intellectual development, schools concertedly devalue intellect, and this shortcoming is most…
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Capitalism, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
Carroll, Karen Lee – 1976
This report reviews a program designed to help talented high school students explore the arts. In the first of five sections, major program activities are defined as those intended to increase the students' self knowledge, knowledge of work in the arts, and ability to relate the two in career decision making. Emphasis is on the engagement of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Art Education, Arts Centers, Career Choice
Drummond, Norman W. – 1978
The paper explores special education in Australia during the period 1970-80. Separate sections discuss the following aspects: (1) beginnings of special education in Australia, (2) early developments in public provision for the education of handicapped children, (3) progress in the provision for special education during 1970-80 (including such…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
LOHMAN, MAURICE A. – 1967
IN THE PROJECT EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT, THE SCHOOL DAY WAS EXTENDED 2 HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, TO OFFER REMEDIAL AND TUTORIAL HELP IN READING, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TYPING. ITS SPECIAL POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INCLUDED ACTIVITIES IN THE ARTS, HOME ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, AND LANGUAGE ARTS. A TRIP…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, After School Programs, Art Activities, Dance
Leopold, Marjorie – 1999
This program is a self-guided professional development experience that explains how to use multiple intelligences (MI) theory to improve teaching, learning, and achievement in middle and high school classrooms. The program consists of one manual and six VHS videos, each of which corresponds to one of the six modules listed in the table of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Theories, Faculty Development, High Schools
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1998
This paper discusses the outcomes of a 1997 survey of 171 Iowa public school districts on programs offered to gifted students. The survey evaluated whether the school districts offered the following programs: enrichment in the regular classrooms, part-time special classes, full-time special classes, independent study, itinerant teacher,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – Research and the Classroom, 1993
The two articles in this newsletter issue focus on and discuss the multiple intelligences (MI) theory and its application in schools. Developed by Howard Gardner at Harvard University, the theory argues that individuals differ in their abilities, learning styles, and interests, and that these differences need to be acknowledged and nurtured in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Theories, Individual Differences, Intelligence
