5.1.3 Global Suitcases: Training Teachers Through Authentic Case Studies of Diverse Gifted Immigrants Using Virtual Simulations
Interact live with Ji-ho, the immigrant student with a unique profile who is part of the virtually simulated Global Gifted Classroom! This university/Florida school district project took a global suitcase of virtually simulated gifted students as “live” avatars into ten challenged, low-income elementary schools to train teachers in the identification and education of high ability, low income, immigrant, and English Learners (Mixed Methods Research). Learn how the simulation was developed from authentic, real case studies in the USA, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and South Korea, representing different levels of giftedness and unique challenges stemming from immigration, acculturation, and assimilation.
Author(s):
Gillian Eriksson
gillian.eriksson@ucf.edu
University of Central Florida
United States
Dr. Gillian Eriksson is the Coordinator of the Gifted Education Program, and teaches Curriculum, Global and Comparative Education at the University of Central Florida. She has served as the USA elected delegate to the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children for 3 terms (2007-2013). She is the UCF PI for Project ELEVATE (Jacob K. Javits Grant, 2015-2020). She was the Director of the Schmerenbeck Educational Center for Gifted at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and recently initiated the Institute for High Ability there. She is widely published and a consultant editor of Gifted Education International (SAGE
Jennifer Sanguiliano
jsanguiliano@knights.ucf.edu
University of Central Florida
United States
Jennifer Sanguiliano is a Graduate Research Assistant for Project ELEVATE (Jacob K. Javits Grant, 2015-2020) in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. A certified and experienced teacher of gifted students, she is pursuing a doctorate in Public Administration doing research on services for gifted learners and community impact. She has been doing professional development in Seminole County Public Schools as part of Project ELEVATE.