[Ohiogift] "Rethinking Gifted Education with Dr. Scott Peters"

[Jerry MacDuff]

Friends:

Scott Barry Kaufman is a progressive thinker and advocate for gifted
education, and he offers thoughtful articles and podcasts for parents,
teachers and others who support the advanced and talented K-12 student.

The current podcast is entitled "Rethinking Gifted Education with Dr. Scott
Peters." In this 47-minute episode, the discussion covers:

   -     Advocates vs. scientists in the field of gifted education
   -     Does teacher training in gifted education have any effect on
   self-reported teaching in the classroom?
   -     How the desire for good advocacy in gifted education can bias good
   science
   -     The real need to advocate for kids who aren’t being challenged in
   the regular classroom
   -     The absurdity of teaching children based solely on how old they are
   -     Is there room at the table for all different perspectives in the
   gifted education field?
   -     The problem with the “gifted” label
   -     How can you balance excellence with equity?
   -     How to close the “excellence gap” in gifted education
   -     What domains should be included in gifted education?
   -     The importance of “frontloading” opportunities in school
   -     Acceleration vs. enrichment
   -     What happens when addressing underrepresentation is the main goal
   of gifted education?
   -     The value of using local norms for gifted student selection
   -     Is complete excellence gap reduction a reasonable goal of gifted
   education?
   -     Scott’s plan for addressing excellence gaps in gifted education

The Peters podcast is here:
https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/rethinking-gifted-education-with-scott-peters/

Kaufman also offers a worthy newsletter. Sign up here:
https://scottbarrykaufman.com/about/

Best wises to all,
Jerry MacDuff
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