Additional Resources/References
Other Resources and References
- The National Council for Curriculum and Assessement (NCCA) produced Guidelines for Teachers in 2007
Click here to download (PDF 1.4 Mb). - The 'Equality of Challenge’ is a small-scale project run by SESS which aims to pilot models of educational provision for exceptionally able students in post-primary schools. Some resources emerging from the project are availale:
Click here to see details and resources being developed by the project - The SESS produced the resource Metacognition for the classroom and beyond: Differentiation and support for learners as part of its Equality of Challenge Initiative:
Click here for Metacognition Resource (PDF, 1.3 Mb). - 'Exceptionally Able / Dual Exceptional Post-Primary School Self-Review'. This review document may help schools in planning for developing provision in the area of Exceptional Ability and Dual Exceptionality.
Click here do download Post-primary School Self-Review (72 Kb) - SERC Report: The Report of the Special Education Review Committee, 1993, has a section on ‘Pupils who are Exceptionally Able or Talented’. Click below for rhe relevant extract from the report (pages 160-165)
Extract from the SERC report (PDF, 115kb) - National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) has useful advice as to how Information and Communication Technology can be incorporated into the learning and teaching of children who are exceptionally able, website:
http://www.ncte.ie/ - Exceptionally Able Students: Draft Guidelines for Teachers, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and Council for Curriculum Examination and Assessment (CCEA) (2007) , Belfast: CCEA, download from:
http://www.ncca.ie/ - GiftedKids.ie (‘A Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Children in Ireland’):
http://www.giftedkids.ie - Gifted and talented children in (and out of) of the classroom: a report for the Council of Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment - Northern Ireland (CCEA):
CCEA Report 2006 (PDF, 2mb) - Understanding the needs of exceptionally able students in post-primary schools and developing an appropriate response
A copy of the presentation delivered at the SESS seminar in Croke Park 2009.The seminar was for principals of post-primary and special schools offering second-level curricula. The overall theme of the seminar was the teaching and learning of students with special educational needs in the inclusive school.
Understanding the needs of exceptionally able students in post-primary schools and developing an appropriate response [PDF - 488 KB]
- Number Theorising with Talented Youth:
http://staff.spd.dcu.ie/johnbcos/talented.htm - National Association for Able Children in Education(NACE – a UK-based organisation):
http://www.nace.co.uk - National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC – a UK charity that deals with all aspects of giftedness in children):
http://www.nagcbritain.org.uk/index.php - National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC – a US organisation):
http://www.nagc.org - European Council for High Ability (ECHA):
http://www.echa.info/ - The Young, Gifted & Talented Programme (a UK programme run by the Department for Children, Schools and Families):
http://ygt.dcsf.gov.uk - LD Online (on ‘Twice Exceptional’ or ‘Double Labelled’):
http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/gifted - National Association for Able Children in Education:
http://www.nace.co.uk/ - Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development has information about curriculum compacting, website:
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/ - The GT-Cybersource library contains a wide range of articles on exceptionally able students, including a large collection on dual exceptionality:
http://www.gt-cybersource.org/FindResourceNew.aspx?NavID=1_0 - New Horizons for Learning - this site contains a paper on dual exceptionality by Dr Margi Nowak:
http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/gifted/nowak3.htm - Twice Gifted:
http://www.twicegifted.net - World Council for Gifted and Talented Children:
http://world-gifted.org/
- Click here for SESS Book Borrowing Library
- Challenging Resources for Able & Talented Children
[ISBN: 1855391228] [Author: Barry Teare] - Gifted and Talented Children With Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality
ISBN: 1853469548] [Author: Diane Montgomery] - Differentiating Programs for Primary Schools
[ISBN: 1864015918] [Author: Eddie Braggett] - Help! There’s an Einstein in my Classroom Book A: A practical guide to working with gifted and talented students
Book A - ISBN: 1877142247] [Authors: John Edgar and Erin Walcroft] - Enrichment Activities for Able & Talented Children
[Author: Barry Teare] [ISBN: 1855390655] - Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
[ISBN: 1575420899] [Author: Susan Winebrenner] - Teaching Gifted Learners Book A
Book A - ISBN: 1869681800] [Author: Frances Hill; Suitability] - The Hidden Gifted: Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities (GLD)
[Author: Frances Hill - ISBN: 1869681819] - Developing a Policy and Adopting Strategies for Provision
[ISBN: 1853467057] [Author: Belle Wallace] - Gifted Children and the Brentwood Experience, Bridges, S.A. (1968) (Pitman Education Library)
- Children, Freeman, Joan. (Hamlyn Paperback) '83
- The Psychology of Gifted Children, Freman, Joan. (Chister: Wiley)1985
- Able Misfits, Kellmer Pringle, ML. (Longman, 1970)
- The Needs of Children Kellmer Pringle, ML. (Hutchinson, 1975)
- Teaching Gifted Children in a Mixed Ability Class, Kerry, Trevor. . (Macmillan Education Ltd)
- Helping The Child of Exceptional Ability, Leyden, Susan. (Croome Helme, 1986)
- Child Prodigies & Exceptional Early Achievers, Radford, John.(Harvester Wheatshaft)
- Gifted or Able, Young P, & Tyre, C. (Open University Press)
- Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing and Challenging Ages 4–9, Smutny, J.F., Walker, S.Y., Meckstroth, E.A. and Lisovskis, M. (1997) Minneapolis, MN: FreeSpirit Publishing Inc.
- Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented, Winebrenner, S. and Espeland, P. (2000) (rev. and updated edn), Minneapolis, MN: FreeSpirit Publishing Inc.
Other Resources and References
- The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness, Renzulli, J. In Baum, S. M., Reis, S. M., & Maxfield, L. R. (Eds.). (1998). Nurturing the gifts and talents of primary grade students. Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.
- Profiles of the Gifted and Talented, in Gifted Child Quarterly, Betts and Neihart (1998). .1988; 32: 248-253
- English / Literature:
- Poetry Ireland has an education section, including a forum for teachers
http://www.poetryireland.ie/education/ - Children's Books Ireland is the national children's book organisation of Ireland and offers a range of resources and events
http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/index.php - The National Library of Ireland offers a variety of educational resources and events:
http://www.nli.ie/en/intro/programme-and-events-education.aspx