1) What are some special problems of gender for students with gifts?
2) How do public schools define children with gifts and talents?
3) Define and discuss the concept of twice exceptional.
1) Some problems of gender for students with gifts lie mostly within the female aspect. Many girls are forced to believe that they must conform to an accepted standard of femininity, and conforming to th
at standard does not allow them to be independent, risk taking, develop to their full potential, or to be assertive, and only allows slight room for competitiveness. With these factors hindering the development of a gifted student, which most times includes, determination, persistence, hard work and desire to succeed, it is very difficult for a female to succeed without following the social norm. In society females are perceived to be passive, modest, dependent, nurturing and unselfish. Due to these standards, many women are on either side of the extreme in their adult life. Meaning that most women fall under two categories; homemakers and full time career holders. This coincides with the obligation for young girls to not feed their giftedness, but to instead hide it to fit in.
2) Public schools define children with gifts and talents as "Children and youth with outstanding talent to perform, or show the potential for performing, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. These children and youth exhibit high-performance capability in intellectual, creative, and/or artistic areas, possess an unusual leadership capacity, or excel in specific academic fields. They require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the schools. Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor." (Pg. 288)
3) Twice exceptional are children with disabilities who have gifts and talents, other wise stated as "presence of both giftedness and a learning disability." An example of a child with twice exceptionality would be one who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. This child may have a difficult time communicating with his peers, but on an intellectual level, he may be years ahead of the rest of his classmates. Overall, he may need assistance with his social adaptation, regardless of his academic proficiency, even though academically he may need to be challenged more.
2) How do public schools define children with gifts and talents?
3) Define and discuss the concept of twice exceptional.
1) Some problems of gender for students with gifts lie mostly within the female aspect. Many girls are forced to believe that they must conform to an accepted standard of femininity, and conforming to th
at standard does not allow them to be independent, risk taking, develop to their full potential, or to be assertive, and only allows slight room for competitiveness. With these factors hindering the development of a gifted student, which most times includes, determination, persistence, hard work and desire to succeed, it is very difficult for a female to succeed without following the social norm. In society females are perceived to be passive, modest, dependent, nurturing and unselfish. Due to these standards, many women are on either side of the extreme in their adult life. Meaning that most women fall under two categories; homemakers and full time career holders. This coincides with the obligation for young girls to not feed their giftedness, but to instead hide it to fit in.2) Public schools define children with gifts and talents as "Children and youth with outstanding talent to perform, or show the potential for performing, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. These children and youth exhibit high-performance capability in intellectual, creative, and/or artistic areas, possess an unusual leadership capacity, or excel in specific academic fields. They require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the schools. Outstanding talents are present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor." (Pg. 288)
3) Twice exceptional are children with disabilities who have gifts and talents, other wise stated as "presence of both giftedness and a learning disability." An example of a child with twice exceptionality would be one who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. This child may have a difficult time communicating with his peers, but on an intellectual level, he may be years ahead of the rest of his classmates. Overall, he may need assistance with his social adaptation, regardless of his academic proficiency, even though academically he may need to be challenged more.
The reason I chose this picture is because it demonstrates multiple examples of how to teach students with different needs. It has an example of how a student can make a 3-D representation of what he may be learning in order to understand it better (the houses) it also has drawings, some black and white and others with color. This demonstrates different interpretations and how to express the student's personal understanding from what they may be learning in the classroom. And finally, it has words, which is a different expression of understanding. A certain student may correlate words with facts better than he does pictures with facts.
I really like this one and it sooooo true!!!! women are expected to act a certain way in society. I like the photos and the last picture - cool connection.
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