Being Smart About Gifted Children: A Guidebook For Parents And Educators - Softcover

Dona J. Matthews; Joanne F. Foster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0910707669 ISBN 13: 9780910707664

Publisher: Great Potential Pr Inc, 2004

Synopsis

The 'mysteries' of giftedness are unveiled in this book. The authors invite parents and educators to step into the 'mystery' and 'mastery' models of gifted education, to learn ways of developing a child's natural abilities, and to understand controversy surrounding commonly held assumptions in the field. They demonstrate the necessity to match educational experiences with a child's needs at any given time, and then proceed to explain how to make that happen.

About this title

About the Author:

Dona Matthews, Ph.D. is Director of the Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Associate Professor of Special Education, City University of New York. Joanne Foster, Ed.D. teaches Educational Psychology as well as Gifted Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, and is the Gifted Education Consultant for a large school board in Toronto. Both have teaching experience, were coordinators of programs for gifted children, and have written and spoken extensively throughout Canada and the U.S.

Review:

"Comprehensive, written in easy, informative style. The authors frequently give practical suggestions. Broad view of many issues concerning gifted children." -- Northwestern University Center for Talent Development

"First-rate overview of the current state of gifted education from multiple contexts and theoretical perspectives. Noteworthy sourcebook. Worth reading? Yes!" -- The Journal of Human Intelligences

("Being Smart") "shows that providing appropriate educational experiences for children of high ability is the right thing to do." -- Duke Gifted Letter, Winter, 2005

Winner of the 2005 Arizona Book Publishing Association Glyph Award in the Education category. -- 2005 Glyph Awards!

About this edition

• Publisher: Great Potential Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0910707669
• ISBN 13: 9780910707664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424