Case Studies of Culturally Diverse Gifted Children
The essay describes the two students namely, Richard and Sandra, who are of low socioeconomic status, and both living in poor, rural North Carolina have beaten the odds by becoming a part of the school’s gifted education program. The essay describes the relevant quotes about the characteristics of gifted students and discusses the attitude, habits, barriers, strengths, and life events of both students. Finally, the author discusses the importance of the identification of talents, the power of appreciation toward the gifted students, and the role of teachers to give a chance to grow and allow gifted students to reach their potential regardless of differences in cultural background.
Dysgraphia
The essay describes the brain-based neurological earning disorder, known as Dysgraphia. The essay discusses the presence of Dysgraphia specifically in children with ADHD, and how children adopt specific instructional strategies such as playing with clay, control of motor abilities and completing letterforms with dots can help them to overcome Dysgraphia. The essay also describes myths such as untidy handwriting, less intelligence, and laziness are not the signs of Dysgraphia. Finally, in the essay, the author wishes that my teacher instead of considering me lazy, and less intelligent, should acknowledge that I have Dysgraphia.
Gifted Education- Urban
The essay describes the significant aspects of urban settings in North Carolina. The essay describes the population specifically in 36 countries and the population in NY urban areas which is 72.0 percent. Furthermore, the essay describes the population in six urban countries and fourteen smaller suburban countries and provides statistical figures and charts for males, females, and people of different ages such as under five years, 5-9 years, and 25-29 years old. The essay provides charts and statistical figures for schools including secondary and elementary, present in Washington City and NYC, and discusses the benefits of gifted education, and how urban programs provide high profile settings specifically for gifted students
Correct Education for the Gifted Children. The latest updates. News Today.
It is an article on News Today by Mikel Peterson that describes the program of education for gifted and educated children. The article describes the gifted programs in different countries such as Denmark, Finland, Canada, and Japan. In Demark, the program for gifted children are “Mentiqa”, and it is founded by Pernille Buch- Romer the program is focused on methodologies similar to “differentiated teaching”. In Finland, gifted students have the freedom to select subjects according to their interests. In short, articles describe the importance of gifted education and the approach toward gifted education.
Service education
The essay by Mikel Peterson describes service learning, and it is learning by experiencing the needs of society. The essay describes the six short steps for the book design and a summary of the steps are a donation of a book, tracking of book, reading of a book, and selection of a new book for next week. The last two steps are the information sharing of books in the club and neighborhood.