3.1.14 Lessons learned about Curriculum for Gifted through 20 Years with Problem-Based Learning

Twenty years of work using Problem-Based Learning (PBL) have yielded substantial insight about the heart of best practice in developing and delivering curriculum for gifted students. This presentation will provide a synthesis of lessons learned both about PBL and about curriculum for gifted students in general, including the relationship between a curriculum and individual lessons, between curriculum and instruction, and between curriculum and gifted students.

Author(s):

Shelagh Gallagher
sagallag1@gmail.com
Engaged Education
United States

Dr. Shelagh A. Gallagher is an international consultant in gifted education. Her research and writing span diverse topics including curriculum efficacy, personality attributes and giftedness, and developmental and academic needs of gifted adolescents. Shelagh has received the Distinguished Service Award and the James J. Gallagher Award for Advocacy (NC Association for Gifted/Talented), the Provost’s Teaching Excellence award (UNC Charlotte), and the Article of the Year Award (NAGC). She is the 2016-1017 recipient of the “Person of SIGnificance” award (National Society for Gifted Students). Every summer Dr. Gallagher makes time to work with gifted adolescents at camp Yunasa.