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Curricula and Teaching Strategies for Intellectually Gifted Children - EDST5805
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: EDST5800
 
 
Excluded: EDST2805, EDST3805
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Focuses on current research on appropriate curriculum design, teaching methodologies and resources for gifted and talented children. Critical evaluation of enrichment paradigms currently used in Australia and internationally. Development of differentiated curricula appropriate for use with academically gifted students in the regular classroom or in special settings. Examines closely research on the effectiveness of various enrichment paradigms with particular attention to the methods of evaluating the appropriateness and effectiveness of various teaching strategies and resources.

Learning Outcomes

It is anticipated that students who successfully complete this course should be able to:
  • Demonstrate a proficient understanding of the NSW Department of Education and Training Policy on the education of gifted and talented students as it applies to the development of a differentiated curriculum
  • Discuss ways in which intellectually gifted students differ from age-peers in their capacity to learn, and the implication of this for curriculum planning
  • Justify the need for school curriculum to be differentiated according to students' individual capacities to learn
  • Use Bloom's Taxonomy, Krathwohl's Taxonomy and the William Maker and Kaplan models to develop differentiated curricula for gifted students
  • Use a range of teaching strategies such as the Solo Taxonomy modes of questioning to enhance their teaching skills.

Assessment

  • Essay 1 (3500 words) - 50%
  • Essay 2 (3500 words) - 50%

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