In Teaching Able, Gifted and Talented Children, the author Clive Tunnicliffe, offers a vision of provision for able, gifted and talented (AG&T) learners within the context of Every Child Matters (ECM) legislation and the drive to achieve personalized learning. Providing a clear and concise summary of an increasingly important area of educational provision, this book offers the right balance of theory and practical strategies. Each chapter contains a summary of key points, case studies of good practice, great ideas to use with students and Professional Development Activities for staff.

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Tunnicliffe, Clive

SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Corwin Press

United States, United States of America

London, England, 2008

Los Angeles, ©2010

1, US, 2010

2011 12 30

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Clive Tunnicliffe offers a vision of provision for able, gifted and talented (AG&T) learners within the context of Every Child Matters (ECM) legislation and the drive to achieve personalised learning. Providing a clear and concise summary of an increasingly important area of educational provision, this book offers the right balance of theory and practical strategies. There is advice on: -developing a whole school policy for AG&T provision -defining and identifying AG&T learners -strategies to use in the classroom -developing critical and creative thinking -out-of-school enrichment activities -supporting AG&T learners -working with parents Each chapter contains a summary of key points, case studies of good practice, great ideas to use with students and Professional Development Activities for staff. This book is short enough to be a quick read, but there is much to whet your appetite for finding out more about this fascinating area of teaching and learning. It is a useful and interesting resource for busy managers, project leaders, classroom practitioners and learning support staff across the primary and secondary age range. Clive Tunnicliffe is an education consultant currently based in China; he had a long career in the UK as a teacher, Local Authority Advisor, National Strategy Manager and Director of Publications for NACE.

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
About the author......Page 9
How to use this book......Page 10
1 Developing school policy......Page 14
2 Defining able, gifted and talented......Page 28
3 Identifying the able, gifted and talented......Page 42
4 Whole-school provision for AG&T......Page 60
5 Effective classroom provision for AG&T......Page 74
6 Supporting AG&T outside the classroom......Page 108
Appendix......Page 124
Useful websites, agencies and associations......Page 126
Bibliography......Page 138
Index......Page 142

This title follows the structure of a suggested school policy document and provides schools with resources to assist them in developing their strategy for meeting the needs of their more able pupils

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