Educating Gifted Children From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: Creating Visions of a Hopeful Future
@article{Hbert2002EducatingGC, title={Educating Gifted Children From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: Creating Visions of a Hopeful Future}, author={Thomas P. H{\'e}bert}, journal={Exceptionality}, year={2002}, volume={10}, pages={127 - 138} }
The stories of 3 young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds highlight significant issues in educating gifted students living in poverty. Major themes uncovered across the 3 cases included educators who looked beyond the circumstances of the students and maintained high expectations, the positive influence of enriched teaching-learning opportunities and extracurricular activities, and the success of a mentoring approach with the students. Based on these findings, implications for educating… CONTINUE READING
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