This section of the website contains links to other sites for general information which may be of interest to parents. You will also find more links to information on specific topics in various other parts of the website and many, many nore in Derrin’s resource book Gifted Children: Resources for Parents and Teachers in WA.
Byrdseed Gifted Ian Byrd
Gifted Child Personality Types and Effective School Lesson Plans by Deb Ruf
Faster Isn’t Smarter: Messages about Math, Teaching and Learning in the 21st A review of this book plus links to downloadable chapters from the book, providing interesting insights.
A Message to New Teachers of Gifted Children by James Delisle, PhD. An article that outlines ‘some things worth knowing from a veteran educator who learned them the hard way”
Gagne’s Ten commandments of Talent Development
DEST Gifted Education Professional Development Package This package was sent to all schools in Australia in 2005. The following modules are available for Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary students. Core, Extension and Specialisation level units are included. Modules 1 Understanding Giftedness Module 2 Identifying Gifted Students Module 3 Social and Emotional Development Module 4 Underachievement in Gifted Students Module 5 Curriculum Differentiation for Gifted Students Module 6 Developing Programs for Gifted Students. (the original link to the materials on the DEST website has expired. The materials can now be accessed via the link to FOI above).
Australian Theses in the fields of creativity and gifted education
Recommendations from the Victorian Inquiry into the Education of GIfted and Talented Students (June 2012). This inquiry follows a Senate Inquiry in 1988 and another in 2000. The findings of the recent Victorian Inquiry strongly reflect those of the two previous inquiries.
Improve Your Gifted Classroom 7 ways by Ian Byrd
Interview with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska from the College of William and Mary (USA). Her emphasis throughout her career has been on curriculum.
Teacher-attitudes-towards-the-gifted-PD-and-sch-culture-AJEGTeacher attitudes towards the gifted: The importance of Professional Development and School Culture
This edition of Gifted and Talented International includes an article about teacher attitudes.
A comprehensive collection of links to programs, competitions, resources and readings can be found in Gifted Children: Resources for Parents and Teachers in WA available from Thinking Ahead.
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