2.3.5 Infusing Gifted Education into Undergraduate Courses In Educator Preparation Programs
Pre-service teachers need to embrace appropriate attitudes towards all student populations including those students who are gifted. In schools all over the globe, a climate for fostering academic and emotional needs of the gifted has not materialized. Findings from a recent study indicated that there was a significant impact upon attitudes toward the gifted by pre-service teachers upon completion of modules that exposed participants to research-based information about young gifted children. In this session the research study will be described and findings of the study will be discussed. Additionally, the process for the development and content of the modules will be shared, including a sample course syllabus. Student discussion responses and submitted assignments will be highlighted.
Author(s):
Debra Troxclair
datroxclair@lamar.edu
Lamar University
United States
Debra A. Troxclair, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Lamar University and Interim-Department Chair of the Teacher Education Department, Lamar University, teaches special education and gifted education courses. She has 20+ years of experience teaching at the K-12 level/university level and has supervised summer programs for gifted children. She is on the Advisory Committee for Teaching for High Potential and the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Education of the Gifted. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) TAG Division.
Margaret Swope
margaret.swope@lamar.edu
Lamar University
United States
Margaret Swope, M.Ed., Clinical Instructor at Lamar University currently teaches early childhood education courses in the Department of Teacher Education. In addition to many years classroom teaching experience in K-12 education, Ms. Swope, a former director of the Early Childhood Development Center at Lamar University, is currently a doctoral candidate in the field of Early Childhood education.