Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners from Poverty (The Critical Issues in Equity and Excellence in Gifted Education)

ISBN 10: 1593633963 / ISBN 13: 9781593633967

Published by Prufrock Pr, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners from Poverty (The Critical Issues in Equity and Excellence in Gifted Education)
• Publisher: Prufrock Pr
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593633963
• ISBN 13: 9781593633967
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty provides a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the education and inclusion of promising students from poverty in gifted and talented programs.

Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty covers a variety of topics pertinent to the education of students from low-income families, including the role of culture in education, curriculum for promising learners, psychosocial stressors that affect these learners, professional development for teachers of low-income students, and state policy implementations that affect these students' educations. Chapters look specifically at several types of learners from poverty, including rural and urban-area students, African American students, Caucasian students, and high nonverbal, low verbal students.

This book combines research and experience from leading scholars in the field of gifted education in a convenient guide for teachers, administrators, and gifted education program directors.

About the Author

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.