Gifted and talented students

Description:
Teaching a class that contains one or more gifted students creates many exciting opportunities for teachers but also poses some challenges to planning engaging lessons. Differentiating effectively will help ensure gifted students are catered for and presenting lessons that allow multiple entry points will also stimulate thinking. This session will examine pedagogy that is most effective, how to ensure the curriculum is relevant and explore practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom to support gifted students.

Standards addressed:

• 1.1.2 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of learners
• 1.5.2 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of learners across the full range of abilities

Course Length: 5 hours

Presenter: Dr Jane Wenlock