Aims of this module: 1. To present the different approaches to providing for the educational needs of gifted children in school. Outcomes: At the end of this module, you will be able to, 1. Define and state examples of acceleration; 2. Define and state examples of enrichment; 3. State the advantages and disadvantages […]
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Aims of this module: 1. To inform students of key social issues for gifted children in school; 2. To inform students of emotional issue connected to giftedness. Outcomes: At the end of this module, you will be able to, 1. State key social issues for gifted children and actions schools can take to remediate these; 2. State […]
Module 5: Social and Emotional Experience of Gifted Children in ...
Aims of this module: 1.To highlight how gifted children present in school; 2. To challenge stereotypes and myths about gifted children; 4. To present some characteristic traits of gifted children in school; 5. To identify some differences between gifted pupils and a bright/high achieving pupil. Outcomes: At the end of this module, you will be […]
Module 4: The Presentation of Gifted Children in School
Aims of this module: 1. To highlight the of the importance of identifying gifted children in the classroom and the negative impact of a failure to identify gifted children; 2. To Inform students of the advantages and disadvantages of IQ tests and other tests as a means of identifying gifted students; 3. To present observation as an additional […]
Module 3: Identification of Giftedness
Aims of this module: 1. To present different definitions of giftedness; 2. To distinguish between different definitions; 3. To highlight Cross and Coleman's School-based Conception of Giftedness. Outcomes: At the end of this module, you will be able to, 1. Identify key differences in definitions of giftedness; 2. Identify the definition of giftedness used in Ireland. […]
Module 2: Definitions of Giftedness
Aims of this module: 1. To introduce common terminology used in gifted education; 2. To introduce the course, its content and how students can participate during the course. Outcomes: At the end of this module, you will be able to, 1. Identify the terminology used in gifted education in Ireland and […]
Module 1: Introduction to Gifted Education
Things that keep me up at night During the banking collapse we heard about the ‘golden circle’ of investors who attempted to shore up shares in Anglo-Irish Bank. The media was focused more on the fact that there was a ‘golden circle’ than on what they were trying to do. […]
Carl’s Curriculum Caper!
The Junior Cycle Framework (2011, 2012 and revised 2015) is the outcome of qualitative research carried out initially in 1999 (yup, that old) and recently there have been some articles in newspapers arguing against those people challenging the fact that neither history nor geography is included in the core curriculum […]
Tom’s Terrible Take
1 The Irish Times published an article on Tuesday 26th March which gave space to Mary O’Rourke and Dr. Gary Granville to present their respective view on whether history should be a compulsory subject. Dr Gary Granville is professor emeritus at the National College of Art and Design. He was formerly assistant chief executive […]
Good God Gary!
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