The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education

This ground-breaking textbook is designed to help education professionals interested in building effective and comprehensive educational opportunities for gifted secondary students.

This book offers an in-depth, research-based look at ways schools and classrooms can support the development of gifted adolescents. The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education is the most comprehensive critical resource on this topic available.

Each chapter of this educational resource is written by leading scholars and researchers in the field, including education leaders such as Nicholas Colangelo, Susan Assouline, Sally Reis, Donna Ford, Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Carolyn Callahan, and many more.

Topics include

• understanding the gifted adolescent,
• social/emotional issues,
• adolescent issues,
• best practices for curriculum and instruction and programming options (both schoolwide and in specific subject areas), teacher education, and
• professional development.

The purpose of the book is to provide a research-based handbook that views gifted adolescents and their needs as the starting point for building an effective, integrated educational program.

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