Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School

by Barbara Clark

This leading introduction to gifted and talented children retains proven parts of its original structure and combines it with the knowledge and best practices from a variety of sources. It incorporates knowledge from many disciplines and integrates best practices from classrooms to inform readers of how to work with children who grow up gifted and bring their gifts to the world. The author encourages readers to understand intelligence in order to help more children realize their unique potential of gifts and talents. The new edition will also feature more information for general education teachers on how to work with gifted and talented students in inclusive environments by offering more strategies and activities that educators can utilize in the classroom as well as in home-based settings. Throughout, the author incorporates knowledge from many disciplines, a wide range of research, best practices available for nurturing giftedness in the classro

Genres: Education, Parenting, Nonfiction

547 pages, Hardcover

First published April 23, 1979

Reviews

[Alexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, well rounded information on the education of the gifted. Quite old at this point so there isn’t the precise instructional information or methodologies or anything, but a solid introduction to the topic.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been reading this books for some of the gifted classes that I've been taking, and I really like it. I've learned so much about gifted and talented students from these course and for this amazing resource!

[psvansc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely interesting read with excellent resources for instructing Gifted children. Includes good information for parents as well. Textbook.