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DfES Standards Site - Gifted and Talented
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/giftedandtalented
(the assets from the 'Young Gifted & Talented' website are being transferred to this website)
 
Also on DfES site - an interesting report (2006) on 'Nurturing Gifted & Talented Children at KS1'- here
 
 
 
 
Oxford Brookes Gifted and Talented Education Professional Development
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/cpdgifted/!
Of particular interest to G&T coordinators are the following pages:
Able, Gifted and Talented Co-ordinators' Professional Development Materials
Briefings on Aspects of Able, Gifted and Talented Education (Launchpads)
 
 
 
Teachers TV
http://www.teachers.tv/
Teachers TV has many videos on G&T subjects. Try these:
Gifted & Talented Pupil Voice - Lucy - link
Bright Extroverts - Behave to Learn with Bayley - link
Early Years Workshop - Listening & Questioning - link
 
 
 
 
GTEU - G&T in the Early Years - bulletins
Bulletin 1- G&T Education and the Early Years: A Conversation with Christine Pascal - Feb 2006 - here
Bulletin 2- G&T Education and the Early Years: Digging Deeper - June 2007 - here
 
 
 
 
 
 
REACH - Articles
http://www.reachgifted.org.nz/articles.htm
Interesting selection of articles on G&T for teachers and parents.
 
 
 
 
 
 
BRAINOLOGY
http://www.brainology.us/webnav/videogallery.aspx
Watch videos about Carol Dweck's ideas on the consequences of beliefs about where ability
'comes from' , and the importance of the right kind of 'praise' for children.
 
 
 
 
 
BYRDSEED
http://www.byrdseed.com/
Practical ideas for classroom use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medway Council - Guidance on Gifted & Talented Children in Foundation Stage
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/professional-development/projects/gifted-and-talented/docs/professional-information/guidance-foundation-stage.pdf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
London Gifted & Talented
http://www.londongt.org
 
 Teacher tools for identification, improving provision & supporting learners here
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching expertise - G&T articles
http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/gifted-talented
100+ articles on a wide variety of G&T topics.
You can view (and subscribe to) e-bulletins on G&T (G&T update) here
 
 
 
 
 
Brunel Able Children's Education Centre
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sse/sseres/sseresearchcentres/bacehome
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NACE - Advancing the teaching of able children
http://www.nace.co.uk/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
http://www.nagc.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21st Century Learning Initiative www.21learn.org
http://www.21learn.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG)
http://ierg.net/lessonplans/unit_plans.php
 
 Some interesting videos of Kieran Egan talking about 'learning tools' on youtube here
 
 
 
 
 
New Horizons for Learning
http://www.newhorizons.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Building Learning Power™
http://www.buildinglearningpower.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edutopia - The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/
Lots of interesting videos about project-based learning here
 
 
 
 
 
 
Independent Thinking Ltd
http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/Cool+Stuff/default.aspx
Website has an interesting selection of articles and links on thinking, creativity and school change.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
http://hoagiesgifted.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
World Class Arena - challenging minds, recognising talent
http://www.worldclassarena.org/v5/default.htm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kidsource - Gifted Index
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.gifted.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GT-World - an online support community
http://www.gtworld.org/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bloom's Taxonomy - revised version
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom's_Taxonomy#end
A chart relating roles, process verbs and products to the original taxonomy here
 
 
 
 
 
 
Odyssey of the Mind -- Classroom Activities
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/curriculum.php
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Questioning-Teaching Ideas & Resources - TES
http://www.tes.co.uk/section/story/?section=Archive&sub_section=Friday&story_id=381755&Type=0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Using Questioning to Stimulate Mathematical Thinking-Nrich
http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/public/viewer.php?obj_id=2473&refpage=monthindex.php&part=index&nomenu=0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Questions & questioning - working with young children- Primary Science Review
http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/members_area/journals/psr/pdf/psr_83/questioning-pg4.pdf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Question Mark - Questioning Articles
http://questioning.org/articles.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html