This course aims to provide K-12 classroom teachers with the strategies and techniques they will need to use to meet the academic and emotional needs of gifted and talented students. Course content includes practical approaches for challenging even the most capable students in the regular classroom, pull-out, or full-time classes for gifted students. A major emphasis is placed upon epistemology (ways of knowing) unique to gifted students as well as an appropriate pedagogy to specifically enhance each student's ability.
Carlow University ED 627 • Madonna University EDU 5960.05 • Mercy University EDUT 555
This course is cross listed with Mercy University as part of the Educational Studies, SpEd Track.
The required text for this course is The Teacher’s Guide to Gifted and Talented Education, First Edition, by Kate Lafferty.
978-1032213514
Graduate participants earn 3 semester hours of graduate credit and will receive a transcript from one of our partner institutions below. Professional development participants will receive a certificate of completion for 45 hours of professional developments credit for face-to-face classes and 60 hours of professional development credit for online classes.