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Smart Kids by W.G. Durden & A.E. Tangherlini
How Academic Talents are Developed and Nurtured in America
Discussing talented children and their education in the USA, this work also provides insights and ideas about what parents can do to improve the quality of their children's education. It explains the approach used at CTY, highlights drawbacks in the current system, and suggests improvements.This is an accessible discussion about talented children and their education in the United States. It also provides parents of both young children and teenagers with insights and ideas about what they can do to immediately improve the quality of education being experienced by their sons and daughters. The Centre for Talented Youth has become a major influence in American education. It runs the largest talent search in the world, handling over 60,000 applications every year. This work begins with a brief review of the ups and downs of American interest in the problems of talented children. It then carefully explains the approach used at CTY, which emphasizes flexible pacing, opportunities for individual inquiry, academic rigour and the use of creative teaching, but with the use of otherwise generally available curriculum materials. Using 13 case studies, this book explains the drawbacks of in the current system and suggests how improvements can be workably introduced. |
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| Author(s) : | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0889371121 | ISBN-13 : 9780889371125 |
| RRP : £14.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : Germany
Publication Date : 31/12/1994
Publisher : Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
Page Length : 346mm