1st Edition
Policy and Practice in Science Education for the Gifted Approaches from Diverse National Contexts
1. Editor’s preface
2. Notes on contributors
3. Chapter 1: Working to meet the needs of school pupils who are gifted in science through school-university initial teacher education partnerships (Keith S Taber)
4. Chapter 2: Effective practices for teaching science to gifted students (Catriona Ledwith, Leeanne Hinch and
Lorraine Rice)
5. Chapter 3:‘Seaing’ the Difference – Turning Policy into Practice in a Secondary Science Gifted Programme in Marine Science (Victoria Rosin, Steve Cutler and Sally Carson)
6. Chapter 4: Navigating the shifting terrain between policy and practice for gifted learners in Tanzania (Margaret Sutherland, Thomas Aneurin Smith, Frida Tungaraza and Niamh Stack)
7. Chapter 5: Science education for gifted students in Israel: A dynamic view of giftedness (Keshet-Maor G. I. and Rachmel S.)
8. Chapter 6: Science education for the gifted in Singapore -Trends, significance and opportunities (Letchmi Devi and Liang See Tan)
9. Chapter 7: Policy and Practice in Science Education for the Gifted in Taiwan (Hsiao-Ping Yu, Ching-Ching Chang and Enyi Jen)
10. Chapter 8: Growing up to be an outstanding Filipino scientist: Implications for supporting gifted learners (Thelma Rabago-Mingoa)
11. Chapter 9: Ways to Strengthen the Nation Competitiveness: Science Gifted Education Policies in High Schools in Korea (Hae-Ae Seo)
12. Chapter 10: Gifted Science Education in the Context of Japanese Standardization (Manabu Sumida)
13. Chapter 11: Science Olympiad students: a case study of aspiration, attitude and achievement (Mary C. Oliver)
14. Chapter 12: Science Education for Female Indigenous Gifted Students in the Mexican Context (Alejandra García Franco, Janet Verjovsky, Richard Anthony Cisneros and Gabriela de la Torre)
15. Chapter 13: Models of Education for Science Talented Adolescents in the United States: Past, Present, and Likely Future Trends (Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Frank C. Worrell and Geesoo Maie Lee)
16. Chapter 14: Teaching science to the gifted in English state schools: locating a compromised 'gifted & talented' policy within its systemic context (Keith S. Taber)
Biography
Manabu Sumida is Professor of Science Education at the Ehime University, Japan
Keith S. Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge, UK
'This valuable handbook should be a resource on the shelves of all educators who work with gifted education and the content area of science. It should provide necessary research and development support for launching new programs and revitalizing existing ones.' – Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Smith Professor Emerita, College of William and Mary
'This book offers for the first time an international perspective on science education for students with gifts and talents. Readers will improve their understanding of their own science teaching practice through careful examination of the diverse educational models and points of view this handbook presents.' – Dr Michael S. Matthews, Associate Professor of Gifted Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
