History Lecturer : On the stretching of brighter history pupils
The education twitter-sphere has been all a-buzz today with stuff about helping (or failing) bright pupils. I am not at all qualified to contribute directly to the debate; I can only recount my own experiences, and anecdotal evidence is not very valuable in such a case. Because of my work as an examiner I meet history teachers from scores of other schools every summer, and I do not think my approaches were in any way unusual. Yes, I taught at an independent school, so it was selective in terms of ability to pay fees. It was not very selective in terms of ability; plenty of our pupils did well to get C passes at GCSE with a couple of Bs thrown in. However, I think I do have some credentials when it comes to helping bright history pupils make good use of their time in school. We laid great emphasis on free reading, both quantity and quality. This emphasis on free reading started with the juniors (and we had three years before exam-pressure kicked in). Back to the advert.
Incoherencia de los docentes en materia de altas capacidades - amuaci
Cuando los padres deseamos escolarizar a nuestros hijos en colegios de cierta reputación por su alto nivel académico, somos acusados de elitistas, segregadores y adjetivos varios. Cualquier padre/madre, desea lo mejor para sus hijos, y le gustaría que el sistema educativo público le ofreciera esta opción, y cada cual pudiera elegir. Sin embargo, solamente los padres/madres con altos niveles adquisitivos, tienen la opción de escolarizar a sus hijos, en ciertos colegios con un altos niveles de calidad educativa. Un sistema educativo público mediocre perjudica claramente a las familias más desfavorecidas que no tienen recursos para ofrecerles a sus hijos otras alternativas de calidad. A continuación, exponemos la traducción de dos párrafos extraídos del libro “Les enfants surdoués ou la précocité embarrasante” de Jean-Charles Terrasier. (1) Flexibilización, aceleración, salto de curso o avance de curso.
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Challenging ‘aspiring’ and ‘perspiring’ more able, gifted and talented readers in the context of challenges for all readers | Rising Stars Blog
Guest blogger, Ann Bridgland, is an Education Trainer, Consultant and Coach As Professor Deborah Eyre once recommended in her 2007 publication, “What Really Works for G&T”, is still very resonant today: “… gifted and talented education is about making exceptional performance a reality for those children and young people who have the ability to excel. I also agree completely with her opening gambit that: “When a school starts to look at what really works in G&T education it is tempting to look for a quick fix or a set of requirements which, if implemented, will magically lead to effective provision for G&T. This applies as much for reading as it does to every other aspect of the curriculum. Planning Provision [1] Choose texts with several layers of meaning and encourage pupils to appreciate that different interpretations are definitely up for grabs! A range of response activities for ‘embryonic literary experts’ The embryonic critic.
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50 Resources For The Parents And Teachers Of Gifted And Talented Students
Every parent hopes for their child to be smart and to excel in school, but sometimes parents just don’t know what to do with a child who is especially exceptional. Keeping him or her challenged, interested, and engaged can be tough, as can dealing with an educational system that doesn’t always focus on helping out bright students. Parents of gifted and talented children should know that they’re not alone and that there are hundreds of resources on the Web that can help every step of the way. Here are some we think stand out from the crowd, offering advice, information, support, and educational resources to help you support and encourage your child’s special abilities. Organizations These organizations help gifted students and their parents get the education, emotional support, and guidance they need to grow up happy and well-adjusted. Twitter Find quick 140-character-or-less quips and updates about working with, parenting, and helping gifted children from these excellent Twitter feeds. Blogs
Malos estudiantes, grandes genios
El veredicto del profesor suena inapelable. “Su rendimiento, sus resultados , son insatisfactorios. No asimila bien. El alumno en cuestión es John Gurdon . Genios que en el colegio fueron malos estudiantes: es más común de lo que se piensa y abarca todas las disciplinas. Otro físico de renombre, el estudioso de los agujeros negros Stephen Hawking , recuerda sus años de la universidad como un periodo de “aburrimiento y con la sensación de que no mereciera la pena esforzarse”. Estos casos tuvieron un final feliz. Tener un hijo con grandes capacidades pero poco apto para las aulas puede llegar a convertirse en una pesadilla para los padres. Otro padre con quebraderos de cabeza fue el de Winston Churchill . La figura del genio matemático superdotado pero incomprendido es un clásico de la mitología popular. ¿Son cosas del pasado? ¿Y Bill Gates ? Dicen los psicólogos que estamos predispuestos, por la naturaleza, a recuperar nuestra autoestima después de un fracaso.
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Lesson observations: why we love our 'Big Brother' classroom | Teacher Network
I recently tweeted the question: What's the best CPD you've ever had as a teacher? And what's the worst? The 25-plus answers I received fell into two distinct camps. Worst: Being talked-at, forgettable whole-staff sessions led by non-teachers about the New Big Thing, tired group activities involving post-its and sugar paper and even workshops involving balls of energy being thrown. Eww. Best: Networking on Twitter, reading and reflecting on blogs written by fellow teachers and, by far the most popular, getting into other people's classrooms – in or out of your own establishment. And the movement in academic research and wide-ranging evidence confirms what we probably already know: in order to improve teaching and learning, continued professional development should start in the classroom: talking about our teaching, learning from our peers, sharing good practice and developing coaching models. However, having your lesson filmed is something that anyone can achieve with a flip cam.
La inteligencia como cáncer: “Si destacas y se nota, irán a por ti y te cortarán la cabeza”
“Capacidad de entender o comprender”. Esa es una de las definiciones de “inteligencia” que da la real Academia Española de la Lengua. “Capacidad de resolver problemas”. Esa es otra. Y como apunta Domingo , informático residente en Madrid: “Entender un problema y resolverlo son cosas muy distintas”, y aunque casi nunca se da la segunda sin la primera, parece que “la primera se da a menudo sin la segunda”. Hay más definiciones de la palabreja. El contexto puede hacer que determinados tipos de inteligencia causen problemas a su poseedor José Antonio Portellano Pérez , psicólogo clínico y profesor titular de la facultad de psicología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, está en desacuerdo con esa visión. Castigan la eficacia y el talento Sin embargo, pese a que el elemento “inteligencia” es esencialmente positivo, su interacción con el contexto puede hacer que determinados tipos de inteligencia causen problemas a su poseedor . ¿Y después? (página 2 de 3) La vida es el patio del colegio
