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Gifted Education in the 21st
Century: Its Leadership and Legacy
Clarinda Choh
Hwa Chong Institution
Singapore
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students will achieve
without guidance.
MYTH
Without guidance and support,
gifted students may lose
motivation or underachieve.
MYTH
FACT
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students should be given a
large quantity of work and average
grade levels.
MYTH
Gifted students need a high degree
of educational challenge, not more
work at an average or repetitious
level.
MYTH
FACT
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students will make
straight As.
MYTH
Gifted students will not always
achieve, especially if
unmotivated.FACT
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students learn best
on their own.
MYTH
Gifted students benefit from
being grouped with their
intellectual peers for a
significant part of the day.FACT
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Definitions and Scope of Giftedness
IntelligenceCharacter &
Disposition
Logic, Verbal &
Mathematical Multiple
Intelligences
Logic, Verbal &
Mathematical Multiple
Intelligences
Leadership
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Nuances of Giftedness
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Key Strategies associated with Gifted
and Talented Acceleration
Structured
Customization
Acceleration
and
Enrichment
Mentoring and
Metacognitive
Awareness
Apprenticeship
& Partnerships
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Issues and Challenges in Giftedness
• Norm-referenced (DfES) vs Criterion-
referenced Giftedness (NAGTY)
– A ‘universal’ set of indicators?
• Timing and Regularity for Assessment and • Timing and Regularity for Assessment and
Acceleration
• Resource Allocation and Funding
• Developing and Sustaining Professionalism &
Learning Advisors
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students will
achieve without guidance.MYTH
Implications
- Grouping
Without guidance and support,
gifted students may lose
motivation or underachieve.FACT
- Grouping
- Teachers
- Programme
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students should be given
a large quantity of work and
average grade levels.
MYTH
Implications
- Planning
Gifted students need a high
degree of educational challenge,
not more work at an average or
repetitious level.
FACT
- Planning
- Task
Allocation
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students will
make straight As.MYTH Implications
- Expectations
Gifted students will not
always achieve, especially
if unmotivated.FACT
- Expectations
- Customised
Curriculum
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Giftedness Myths & Facts
Gifted students learn
best on their own.MYTH
Implications
- Grouping
- Peer
Gifted students benefit from
being grouped with their
intellectual peers for a
significant part of the day.
FACT
- Peer
Acceptance
- Teacher
Readiness
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Framing New Understandings
Understanding Rigour
• Standards vs
Application
Understanding Failure
• Survival vs Fallout
Understanding Relevance
• The Canon vs
Application
Understanding Innovation
• Collaboration vs
Competition
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