Science education for gifted learners
By: Keith S. Taber.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415395335; 9780415395342
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching; Gifted children -- Identification; Gifted children -- Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science education for gifted learners?; title: The characteristics of the gifted and exceptionally able in science; title: Gifted science learners with special educational needs; title: The emotional lives of fledgling geniuses; title: Opportunities for gifted science provision in the context of a learner-centred national curriculum; title: Developing the thinking of gifted students through science; title: Challenging able science learners through models and modelling; title: Challenging gifted learners through classroom dialogue; title: Asking questions in classroom science; title: Teaching controversial socio-scientific issues to gifted and talented students; title: Context-based science; title: Choice for the gifted; title: Practical work for the gifted in science; title: Working together to provide enrichment for able science learners; title: Bringing learners and scientific expertise together; title: An agenda for science education for gifted learners.