A call to reframe gifted education as maximizing learning. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dixson, Dante D.; Peters, Scott J.; Makel, Matthew C.; Jolly, Jennifer L.; Matthews, Michael S.; Miller, Erin M.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Rinn, Anne N.; Robins, Jennifer H.; Wilson, Hope E.
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 102:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 22
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: gifted -- talented -- advanced -- maximizing -- learning -- challenge -- Response to Intervention -- personalize; Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721720978057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

Schools exist to educate, yet the emphasis on age-based, grade-level standards fails to account for the wide range of academic readiness that exists in every classroom. Special education programs exist to meet student needs; gifted education should be no different. The authors, all gifted education researchers, present a vision for a model of gifted education that is aligned with Response to Intervention and personalized learning. At its heart, it is concerned with addressing the real-time academic needs of every student, with the ultimate goal of maximizing the learning of every student .