Crash Course in Gifted and Talented Education for Australian Schools

This series of information sheets on aspects of Gifted and Talented Education has been used to establish a Gifted and Talented program in two New England NSW high schools. The bundle includes:
+ 1. What is Gifted and Talented Education?
+ 2. How do you identify a GAT student?
+ 3. What factors can make a student gifted or talented?
+ 4. Why should GAT students be encouraged to study Creative & Performing Arts?
+ 5. What is Gifted Underachievement?
+ 6. What are the best GAT teaching strategies
+ 7. Can I still use Bloom’s Taxonomy in a GAT class?
+ 8. What is a Personal Learning Plan?
+ 9. What are the stages of identifying GAT students?
+ 10. How can the School Counsellor help?
+ 11. How can competitions help GATE students?
+ 12. Are all GATE students easy to teach?
+ 13. What does it take for a student to be GATE?
+ 14. What is curriculum differentiation?
+15. Can GATE students have learning difficulties or disabilities?
+16. Is enrichment and extension the same?
+17. What are the characteristics of GATE learners?
+18. Why is perfectionism a problem for GATE students?
+ 19. What is the difference between a gift and a talent?
+ 20. Do GATE Aboriginal students need special provisions?
+ 21. What are the characteristics of GAT students with ASD?
+ 22. What is needed for a Music student to perform professionally?
+ 23. What are good teaching practices in a HSIE GAT classes?
+ 24. What challenges are faced by GAT students in rural areas?
+ 25. What can be done for GAT students in Technology?
+ 26. Is bullying different for GAT students?
+ 27. What are the advantages of individualised learning contracts?
+ 28. What research-based curriculum is suitable for Mathematically gifted students?
+ 29. What is creative problem-solving?
+ 30. How can teachers ask good questions of GAT students?
+ 31. What is the role of the GATE Focus Group?
+ 32. What is acceleration?
+ 33. What is curriculum compacting?
+ 34. How does curriculum compacting work?
+ 35. What are the early signs of giftedness?
+ 36. What is GERRIC?
+ 37. Why do GATE students have problems with homework?
+ 38. How can GATE students be used as tutors for other students?
+ 39. How can acceleration work?
+ 40. What are the types of acceleration?
+ 41. What is the latest with Multiple Intelligences?
+ 42. How should GAT students be counselled?
+ 43. What is meant by “twice exceptional” students?
+ 44. How can History be adapted to GAT students?
+ 45. What happened to HSC Distinction courses?
+ 46. What’s the latest research on GAT students in CAPA?
+ 47. Should GAT students be taught how to think?
+ 48. What is the latest research on language development in GAT students?
+ many more