Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education

Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000502910

One pervasive educational issue is the national underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students in gifted education. Virtually every school district is grappling with having too few students from these groups identified as gifted and served in gifted classes and programs. Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education addresses this long-standing national problem through the dual lens of recruitment and retention. The focus is on how to equitably recruit (screen, refer, and/or assess) culturally different students and, just as importantly, to retain them. Recruitment and retention require providing academic, cultural, and social supports to culturally different students and ensuring that educators are willing and able to address issues and barriers. No time is better than now to address and correct the underachievement albatross, and the focus on recruitment and retention holds the greatest promise. Nominated for a 2014 NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work-Instructional Category

Teaching Culturally Diverse Gifted Students

Teaching Culturally Diverse Gifted Students
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2005
Genre: Gifted children
ISBN: 1593631766

This is an easy way to nurture all seven intelligences and provide opportunities for each student to work in a way that is most appropriate for his or her abilities.

Multicultural Gifted Education

Multicultural Gifted Education
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2021-09-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000494772

Each year, the United States witnesses significant changes in the demographics of its citizens. Accordingly, schools—and the students we teach—are also changing. With such changes come the need, responsibility, and obligation for educators to provide students with an education that is both rigorous and culturally responsive. This book bridges the gap that exists between educating advanced learners and educating culturally different learners. Multicultural Gifted Education, 2nd ed. addresses various topics, including racially and culturally diverse students and families, historical and legal perspectives on educating gifted and minority students, culturally responsive curriculum and assessment, and counseling students from a multicultural perspective.

Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students

Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: African American students
ISBN: 9781593634872

Explores the importance of identifying these students and the necessity of nurturing these unique young individuals. Presents the challenges facing gifted African American students in schools and examines alternate ways of addressing these issues. Focuses on the social, cultural, familial, school, and psychological factors that work to undermine gifted black students' achievements, but if explored, could benefit them. Provides educators with promising approaches to aid in the prevention of underachievement and under-motivation.

Handbook of Giftedness in Children

Handbook of Giftedness in Children
Author: Steven I. Pfeiffer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2008-03-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0387743995

In one comprehensive resource, this superb handbook covers everything you need to know about the subject. It brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied empirical research on such crucial topics as conceptualization, types of intelligence, developmental considerations, and ethical and legal concerns. Particular attention is given to social and family contexts, and evidence-based strategies and interventions offer solid guidelines on assessment, curriculum design, and encouraging and nurturing talent – from preschool through adolescence.

The Recruitment and Retention of African-American Students in Gifted Education Programs

The Recruitment and Retention of African-American Students in Gifted Education Programs
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780788143335

Under representation of African American students in gifted programs and services is a major concern in the field of education. This report explores barriers to the recruitment and retention of these students in programs for gifted learners, and makes recommendations relative to their identification, placement, and retention. Examines traditional IQ-based theories of giftedness and the use of a variety of assessment methods. Includes discussion and recommendations directed at parents, teachers, counselors and psychologists on the practical implications of putting research to use. References.

The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education

The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education
Author: Marie Tejero Hughes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2017-04-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118768884

The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education is a state-of-the-art reference showcasing cutting-edge special education research with a focus on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. Cutting-edge special education research focusing on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds An authoritative contribution to the field, this work charts a new path to effective interventions and sets an agenda for future research Addresses disabilities from an international perspective

Differentiation and the Brain

Differentiation and the Brain
Author: David A. Sousa
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2011-02-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935543350

Examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. Learn how to implement differentiation so that it achieves the desired result of shared responsibility between teacher and student.

Gifted and Advanced Black Students in School

Gifted and Advanced Black Students in School
Author: Tarek C. Grantham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: African American students
ISBN: 9781593637002

African American students who are gifted or advanced learners are too often overlooked and misunderstood in education. Part of the problem associated with this neglect is that relatively little scholarship exists on those who are culturally different and in need of more challenge in school settings. This body of work was developed to help resolve this shortcoming and to inform and guide educators in their work. In the first work of its kind, the book's editors have compiled reprints of what they believe to be among the best or most promising work -- past and present -- in understanding, meeting the needs of, and working with Black gifted and/or advanced learners. Theory, research, models, and strategies shed light on what we all must do to ensure that both gifted and advanced Black learners excel in school and otherwise reach their potential.

African American Rural Education

African American Rural Education
Author: Crystal R. Chambers
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1839098724

Despite comprising the largest minority in rural settings, the literature to date largely subsumes African American rural students into a broader set of students, with a primarily urban focus. This volume focuses on the higher education pathways of rural African American students and highlights their experiences in US colleges and universities.