Gifted Education Teachers

ISBN-13: 9783639137446 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 228 str.

Marcia Dvorak

Opis

Considerable literature exists about teacherqualities that promoted talent development in generaleducation and specialized settings. Talented teachersare the most important means of reaching giftedstudents (Feldhusen, Van Tassel-Baska, & Seeley,1989; Renzulli, 1987). What do these teachers know,do, and believe to bring out the best in students oftalent? A surprising gap revealed little research and vaguestandards of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions(attitudes) of a gifted and talented teacher. Thenaturalistic inquiry study named, categorized, andstudied, key qualities using Costas (2001) habits ofmind as a conceptual organizer. Results indicatedteachers with reputational expertise display thehabits regularly and articulate well their thoughtsand dispositions. Reputational expertise surfacedstronger with wonderment, learning continuously, andcommitment to "policy;" (Costa, 2001, p. 9).The study raises intriguing questions relative topreparing teachers to work with bright students,preparation for teaching at various age levels, andabout the implicit curricula of teacher education.

O autorze

Marcia Dvorak is Director of the Kansas Enrichment Network
Director. Previously, Dr. Dvorak was a teacher, director of
gifted education, & elementary principal. She holds a Ph.D. in
Curriculum & Teaching from the University of Kansas, a Master's
in Educational Administration from Western Illinois University,
and a Bachelor's from Quincy University.