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Teacher's Survival Guide

Gifted Education, A First-Year Teacher's Introduction to Gifted Learners
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Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education is a practical manual filled with current resources, expert advice, and proven strategies tailored for educators at the start of their careers. This updated second edition offers guidance on identifying giftedness, fostering creativity, and supporting talent development, making it an essential introduction to gifted education.
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Ideal for beginning and early career educators seeking to enhance their understanding and effectiveness in gifted education.

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Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education is packed with practical information, up-to-date resources, tips for success, and advice from experts in the field.

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Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education is packed with practical information, up-to-date resources, tips for success, and advice from experts in the field.

This updated second edition is the perfect introduction to gifted education for beginning and early career educators. It provides field-tested, proven strategies and is designed to help teachers build their understanding of gifted education and gifted learners.

Covering topics essential to gifted education teachers, including identifying giftedness and encouraging creativity, it also includes tips for providing resources and opportunities to spur talent development. Each chapter features a key question, making the book ideal for an engaging book study, as well as survival tips.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781646320714

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Prufrock Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 262

About the Author

Julia Link Roberts, Ph.D., is the Mahurin Professor in Gifted Studies and director and founder of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Roberts was named a Distinguished Professor at Western Kentucky University and was honored as the first recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children David W. Belin Advocacy Award.

She was also named Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky.

Julia Roberts Boggess is an elementary librarian at Pearre Creek Elementary School in Williamson County, TN. She has taught in the primary grades and has been a gifted resource teacher. In 2008, Mrs. Boggess was awarded an $8,000 Jenny's Heroes grant from the Jenny Jones Foundation. She has taught drama and literature to elementary and middle school students in Saturday and summer programs offered by The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Mrs. Boggess earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education, a master's degree in elementary education with an endorsement in gifted education, and a master's degree in library media education at Western Kentucky University. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, Mark, and her delightful daughter, Claire.

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