European Council for High Ability (ECHA) is an international organisation of researchers, teachers, school administrators, and parents who are concerned with giftedness, talent, and high ability. Its goal is to promote awareness of gifted children and to provide information to the public on the best development of gifted young people. ECHA is a private non-profit organisation. It enjoys consultative status as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with the Council of Europe.
Leonardo school - Hoogbegaafdheid Op de Leonardo scholen kunnen kinderen aangemeld worden die hoogbegaafd zijn. Wat houdt dit in? De meest voorkomende omschrijving van hoogbegaafdheid stamt van Renzulli:
* hoge intellectuele capaciteiten ( IQ hoger dan 130) * creativiteit in het bedenken van oplossingen * doorzettingsvermogen om een taak te volbrengen
Kinderen die deze capaciteiten hebben, denken vaak op een andere manier dan leeftijdgenoten en zijn in geestelijke ontwikkeling veel verder. Ook kunnen ze al reflecteren op zaken die leeftijdgenoten in het geheel niet bezig houden en vragen stellen met een diepgang die niet normaal is voor kinderen van deze leeftijd. Daardoor worden ze door leeftijdgenoten wel eens als "raar" ervaren, omdat ze op een heel ander niveau over zaken praten waar leeftijdgenoten zich (nog) niet mee bezighouden.
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page... The award winning "All Things Gifted" resource for parents, teachers, administrators, mental health professionals, and gifted kids and adults
GIFT is a company that grew out of a history of over 30 years of continuous provision for the Exceptionally Able, Gifted and Talented child. It is now a specialist consultancy which runs both residential and non-residential courses for gifted children of all ages with a unique resource base of specialists providing over four hundred different extension courses for every imaginable discipline from Archaeology to Zoophysics. As an international organisation working in a local context we are able to offer relevant advice based on best professional practice whilst bringing a wealth of contemporary expertise to meet your needs.
Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. The University of Connecticut is home to the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Studies focusing on meeting the needs of gifted and talented youth have received national and international attention for over 40 years. The earliest research emphasized studies related to creativity, assessment, identification, programming, and evaluation. Several studies conducted by our research team are considered seminal research that guides the design and development of programs and services to meet the needs of gifted and talented students.
ERIC EC provides information on the education of individuals with disabilities as well as those who are gifted and is part of the National Library of Education (NLE), Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education.
Schools consider changing way to spot gifted students 'Properly identifying' all is goal Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By ADAM J. HOLLAND - Sunday, September 23, 2007 In their efforts to bring increased consistency and legitimacy to their highest level academic programs, officials at Longview's two largest independent school districts said they are considering some changes in how to identify gifted students. The Legislature first addressed public school gifted programs in 1977. By 1987, state law required that public school districts identify and offer special curriculum to all gifted students. Other statewide changes have come since, including the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students. Adopted in 1990, the plan outlines teacher development, the gifted student identification process and accountability. Students are considered to be gifted, according to the State Plan, when they score among the top percentiles in core academic subjects on achievement tests. Minimum allowed scores vary, depending on the candidate's grade or school district. Some of the gifted student identification assessments used at Pine Tree Independent School District are achievement and ability tests, teacher inventories and student interviews, according to Christy McElyea, a district gifted and talented specialist.
