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EDGT-410 |
FOUND GIFTED/TALENTED
EDUCATION |
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This online course will
familiarize the studentwith
the broad subject of
education for gifted and |
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talented (GT) students. The
course, designed to |
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be completed on an
individual study basis, is |
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appropriate for parents,
home schooled students, |
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and classroom teachers. It
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course and includes fourteen
lessons that |
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correspond to the textbook
chapters. Students |
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will complete an assigned
activity in each lesson |
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and correlate the activity
to the Idaho Standards |
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for Gifted and Talented
Education so that |
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students' performance and
products in this |
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course serve as evidence of
their attainment of |
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the standards. Occasionally
students will be |
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asked to make contributions
to a bulletin board |
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discussion. This is the
entry course for the |
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sequence of courses that
lead to GT endorsement.
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EDGT-420 |
CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS
FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED
STUDENTS |
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This online course, intended
for parents,
teachers, home schooled
students, coordinators
andsupervisors of GT learners,
is activity-based and
designed to be completed on
an individual basis. |
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The course will help
familiarize students with
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general theoretical basis
for creativity and |
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critical thinking, specific
teaching exercises and |
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lesson plans, and sources
for additional materials |
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for developing creativity
and critical thinking |
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with GT learners. Efforts
will be directed toward |
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the completion of a notebook
of ideas, exercises, |
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and resources that the
student may wish to |
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reference in future work
with GT learners. |
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Studies include reading text
chapters and surfing |
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the web in search of
additional information. |
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Students will be asked to
make contributions to a |
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bulletin board discussion.
The final examination |
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will take the form of a
reflective essay. |
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Pre/Co-requisite:
EDGT 410.
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EDGT-430 |
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS
OF GIFTED
AND TALENTED STUDENTS |
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This online course, intended
for parents,teachers,
home schooled
students, coordinators and
supervisors of GT learners,
is activity-based and |
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designed to be completed on
an individual basis. |
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The course will help
familiarize students with
the |
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social and emotional needs
of GT children and |
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adolescents. The content
includes identifying |
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special problems and issues,
techniques for |
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individual and group
adjustment, academic and |
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career counseling,
identification and
assessment |
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tools, counseling learning
disabled GT students, |
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multicultural counseling,
and consideration of |
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social development,
leadership, and gender
issues. |
