Advancement and Acceleration: What Is It? How Should It Be Accomplished?

Autor/in	Walker, Sally Y.
Titel	Advancement and Acceleration: What Is It? How Should It Be Accomplished?
Quelle	In: Understanding Our Gifted, 20 (2008) 2, S.3-5 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-1350
Schlagwörter	Gifted; Educational Philosophy; Acceleration (Education); Early Admission; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Acceleration; Beschleunigung; Früheinschulung; Schulleistung
Abstract	"A Nation Deceived" (2004) documents the benefits of acceleration for gifted children. Supported by this groundbreaking research, acceleration has come into focus on the national scene. Our society seems concerned with making education "fair." What we need to realize is that fair does not mean the same for all. In fact, that would be very "unfair." Fair is giving each child what he needs at the appropriate time. When the gifted child goes unrecognized and is made to do age appropriate work that she has already mastered in previous years, the child is tied down, devalued, and unrecognized. Acceleration attempts to tailor the curriculum to meet the needs of the student. It is a way of honoring what is already known and building upon it. This article offers a menu of acceleration and advancement options. Which strategy is offered and which works depends on the school philosophy, the teacher, the student, the parents, and the available resources. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10