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Adults who fear to identify themselves as gifted
I’ve been thinking a lot about children described as gifted who have grown up to be adults who live out their lives cloaked. Modesty is still a virtue in modern society so most gifted adults don’t want to appear immodest by … Continue reading
Posted in Gifted Adults, Research
Tagged Gifted, Research
Reflections on GCABC/LMGC Conference
As my post of a few days ago announced, the Gifted Children’s Association of BC and the Lower Mainland Gifted Contacts hosted a conference on Feb. 17th in Coquitlam. I attended, along with more than 100 parents and teachers, and … Continue reading
Education in Canada
As we know, education in Canada is a provincial/territorial responsibility. That means that policies, values and funding vary across the country. That can be problematic and sometimes inequitable. However, the Canadian Education Association attempts to bring a pan-Canadian perspective to what … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Research
Tagged Advocacy, Canada, Twice-Exceptional
Grouping Gifted Students Together
There is ongoing debate about whether gifted students benefit from being grouped together. Today we added an annotated reading to this website, titled Six Guidelines for Grouping Gifted and Talented Learners. The first guideline states, unequivocally: Students who are academically or … Continue reading
Posted in Programs for Gifted, Research
Tagged Gifted, Grouping, Research
Researching this thing called Giftedness
The “G” word is problematic. It leads to labelling children, it raises the spectre of elitism, and it implies that highly able learners are all the same. But it’s widely used and recognized and it appears repeatedly in government policy documents. What to … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged Development, Gifted, Identify