Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education: A First-Year Teacher's Introduction to Gifted Learners

by Julia Link Roberts, Julia Roberts Boggess

Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education is filled with practical information, tips for success, and advice from experienced educators who work with gifted children and youth. Starting with a plan to ensure that gifted kids thrive in the classroom, the book then asks teachers to examine their school setting, suggesting ways to involve school personnel such as librarians, counselors, arts teachers, and others in a team approach to ensuring the unique learning needs of gifted students are met.
Along the way, topics essential to gifted education teachers are examined in detail, with the authors providing tips and strategies for recognizing and identifying giftedness, encouraging creativity, removing the learning ceiling, and providing the multiple opportunities and resources gifted kids need. The authors offer valuable suggestions for communicating with parents, as well as resources to guide teachers on their journey toward making their school a place where gifted kids can find academic and personal success.

Genres: Education, Teaching

Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2011

About the author

Julia Link Roberts, Ph.D., is the Mahurin Professor in Gifted Studies and director and founder of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Roberts was named a Distinguished Professor at Western Kentucky University and was honored as the first recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children David W. Belin Advocacy Award.

Recently, she was named Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky.

Reviews

[Josiah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Received for free through Goodreads First Reads program!

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good- easily digestible, short chapters, very current and useful URLs to bookmark. A good beginners guide to gifted ed.

[Kellog Mcpussy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is very much centered on US education, so some chapters weren't exactly relevant for me. Nevertheless, it serves as a good enough reference and a springboard for further reading.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good book for new teachers. It was very easy to understand and had some very good pointers.