100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Gifted and Talented

Description

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you! The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers. Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners. _______________ The school budget for gifted and talented provision may have been reduced, but the expectation and need for it is higher than ever. This title in the bestselling 100 Ideas series includes enrichment activities and teaching and management strategies for supporting the most able students in your school. Whether you are simply looking for activities to use in your classroom or you are in charge of whole school provision, there are ideas in this book for you. They range from how to identify gifted and talented students, support their individual needs and how to interest and engage them, to training other teachers and reviewing your school's provision. The book includes 50 practical strategies and 50 creative enrichment activities that can be implemented in the classroom or expanded into long-term projects. The activities cover a range of topics and ability levels as well as different areas of the curriculum. It is an essential book for any secondary teacher looking to identify, develop and challenge the most gifted and talented students in their school.

John Senior has over 25 years' experience of teaching gifted and talented children, presenting training and development programmes for teachers and working with parents of very able children, as well as having experience of policy development in this area. He has been Excellence in Cities (including G&T) director for Hackney and youth director for the National Association for Gifted Children and a regular contributor to G&T Update, writing articles and regular monthly enrichment activity suggestions.