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Routledge
First published in 1974, Teaching Clever Children, 7–11 , a pioneer of its kind in Great Britain, is an account of the experience gained in teaching and observing a group of clever children in a primary school over a period of four years. Professor Tempest looks at the problem of identifying clever children and of challenging their abilities in school. He examines in particular the classroom... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Problems of recognition and adaptation 3. Observation and enquiry 4. Problem solving 5. Imaginative work 6. Miscellaneous activities 7. Further reading
Biography
N.R. Tempest was educated at the University of Liverpool and Harvard University. From 1949–54, he was director of the University of Sheffield Institute of Education and from 1954–72 William Roscoe Professor of Education in the University of Liverpool, where he went on to be Emeritus Professor of Education.
