Patterns and profiles of promising learners from poverty

Patterns and profiles of promising learners from poverty

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Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty provides a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the education and inclusion of promising students from poverty in gifted and talented programs.

Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty covers a variety of topics pertinent to the education of students from low-income families, including the role of culture in education, curriculum for promising learners, psychosocial stressors that affect these learners, professional development for teachers of low-income students, and state policy implementations that affect these students' educations.

Chapters look specifically at several types of learners from poverty, including rural and urban-area students, African American students, Caucasian students, and high nonverbal, low verbal students.

This book combines research and experience from leading scholars in the field of gifted education in a convenient guide for teachers, administrators, and gifted education program directors.

Format
282 pages, Paperback
First published
2009
Publishers
Prufrock Press
Subjects
Gifted children·Education·United states·Children with social disabilities·Education·United states·Poor children·Education·United states
Language
English

This book examines chapter-by-chapter issues facing prospective students from poverty that may be academically gifted. These groups include students from rural areas, urban areas, African American children, Caucasian children and children from different cultures, as well as high nonverbal and low verbal students.

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