Science education for gifted learners
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | London |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 240 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0415395348 (pbk.) 9780415395342 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | G763 |
CLC: | G763 |
Call Number: | G763/S416 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index. Science education for gifted learners? -- The characteristics of the gifted and exceptionally able in science -- Gifted science learners with special educational needs -- The emotional lives of fledgling geniuses -- Opportunities for gifted science provision in the context of a learner-centred national curriculum -- Developing the thinking of gifted students through science -- Challenging able science learners through models and modelling -- Challenging gifted learners through classroom dialogue -- Asking questions in classroom science -- Teaching controversial socio-scientific issues to gifted and talented students -- Context-based science : a 'gift horse' for the talented? -- Choice for the gifted : lessons from teaching about scientific explanations -- Practical work for the gifted in science -- Working together to provide enrichment for able science learners -- Bringing learners and scientific expertise together -- An agenda for science education for gifted learners. |