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DfES Standards Site - Gifted and Talented
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/giftedandtalented/
Also on DfES site - an interesting report (2006) on 'Nurturing Gifted & Talented Children at Key Stage 1'- here
 
 
 
 
 
 
Young Gifted & Talented
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/ygt
The National Programme for Gifted & Talented Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
Creative Generation
http://www.creativegeneration.org.uk/
Helping teachers support pupils who are talented in art & design, dance, drama and music.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medway Council - Guidance on Gifted & Talented Children in Foundation Stage
http://www2.teachernet.gov.uk/gat/media/foundation_stage_guidance.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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHI - The Support Society for Children of High Intelligence
http://www.chi-charity.org.uk/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ohio Association for Gifted Children OAGC
http://www.oagc.com/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Talented and Gifted Education Resources on the Internet
http://www.uis.edu/~schroede/school/taglink.htm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
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://www.ictinedtoolkit.org/usere/p_page.php?section_id=18
Other descriptions of the revised taxonomy here and here
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georgia Teacher Resource Centre - examples of lesson plans
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=7721