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Title: EDUCATING ABLE LEARNERS
PROGRAMS AND PROMISING PRACTICES
By: June Cox, Neil Daniel, Bruce Boston
Format: Paperback

List price: £19.99


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ISBN 10: 0292703872
ISBN 13: 9780292703872
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Pub. date: 1 November, 1985
Pages: 262
Description: American education has long been under a microscope. In a time when aspects of our school system face close scrutiny, educators, and parents are asking questions about how we educate those superior students we call "able learners." This book looks into backgrounds of unusually creative individuals, and examines programs with a record of success.
Synopsis: American education has long been under a microscope. In a time when all aspects of our school system face close scrutiny, educators, administrators, and parents are asking critical questions about how we educate those superior students we call "able learners."Our schools reward behavior inappropriate for an independent thinker, researcher, or artist. Programming for our most capable students is fragmented and discontinuous. And yet there are schools and programs that hold significant promise.This four-year national study from the Sid W. Richardson Foundation provides a broad database, looks into the backgrounds of a few unusually creative individuals, and examines programs with a record of success. It argues in favor of comprehensive programming for able learners, providing a steady challenge for all students, helping to insure that no individual talent withers for want of opportunity. Included are recommendations for discovering and nurturing talent in students (including traditionally neglected groups, the economically disadvantaged, and the culturally diverse), building and administering sound programs, developing appropriately trained staff and teachers, and evaluating effectiveness of programs to assure accountability and add credibility.Compiling data from diverse sources-including 35 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, 400 schools, 1,172 school districts, and countless school personnel and students-the study looks at programs for able learners throughout the country, from Project Pegasus in Iowa to Oaks Academy in Texas, from Bronx High School of Science in New York to Bishop Carroll High School in Alberta, Canada. The authors' conclusions based on this broad investigation provide an impassioned call for coordinated schooling and cooperation among all segments of society to develop a new generation of creative, self-motivated students.
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Texas Press
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