The University of New South Wales

go to UNSW home page

Handbook Home

PRINT THIS PAGE
Responding to gifted and talented students - EDST4096
 Library lawn

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band:   (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The course consists of weekly lectures in which practical, research-supported information is presented on issues in the education of gifted and talented students including; the nature of giftedness and talent; cognitive and affective characteristics of gifted and talented students; effective identification procedures, both objective (through various forms of assessment) and subjective (through nomination by teachers, school administration, parents, peers or self) ; causes of underachievement in gifted students; skills of developing a differentiated curriculum using the Bloom, Williams, Kaplan and Maker models of differentiation; development of programs employing a range of ability. aptitude and achievement grouping procedures and a range of acceleration procedures.

Particular attention will be paid to procedures which research has found to be particularly effective in identifying gifted students from minority and disadvantaged groups (for example, through culture-fair asessment) and serving these students in schools

Tutorials provide the opportunity for practical work, discussing classroom and school implications of the material presented and how it can be most effectively implemented; evaluating real-life teacher nomination checklists and developing lesson plans and curriculum units.

URL for this page:

© The University of New South Wales (CRICOS Provider No.: 00098G), 2004-2011. The information contained in this Handbook is indicative only. While every effort is made to keep this information up-to-date, the University reserves the right to discontinue or vary arrangements, programs and courses at any time without notice and at its discretion. While the University will try to avoid or minimise any inconvenience, changes may also be made to programs, courses and staff after enrolment. The University may also set limits on the number of students in a course.