Angela NovakBesprekingen

I've been considering switching careers and hoped this book would provide a consistent set of modern practices for teaching. As it stands, I felt disappointed by the sometimes naive or stereotypical responses regarding best to engage students on the autistic spectrum and how they need less emotional engagement than their LGBTQ+ peer group (who apparently skew heavily in favor of humanities courses vs. mathematics or sciences). The example of Sarah, the diversity-clueless white teacher who "loved kids" and thought her adoration of them would provide a solid base for becoming a teacher saw me throwing this to the floor in frustration. Did she live in a plastic bubble? I could rant about the suggestions for her self-guided course in diversity training for hours.

I'm halfway through the essays without much inspiration to read further. Apparently one must teach, provide subtle psychological insights, bolster flagging or nonexistent self-esteem, and run interference with family members, community members, other educators, and the school's administration. I'm not certain I want to bring all that on board.

I found this book to be very helpful and informative. I feel very confident that an educator could use this book in order to help better educate the next generation. Too bad I am not a teacher.

This was an interesting book that was well-written and engaging. I liked that there were a mixture of topics included in the book. I enjoyed the chapter about twice exceptional students, as I've had twice exceptional students in my classroom. The chapter about gifted students with ADHD was also interesting. As always, I appreciate the multitude of resources at end of each chapter. I hope to share some of these tips and strategies with my colleagues when discussing gifted students. Thanks!

As a substitute teacher, wishing I was teaching full-time, I love reading various books on education. This was a fascinating look at instruction for gifted students. Apparently this book is the second volume of a three volume series. I am going to have to look at the others as well. This volume dealt specifically with strategies for specific topics in this field. The book looks at special populations of gifted students that include twice-exceptional students, GLBTQ members, students from culturally diverse backgrounds, hyperactive students and underachieving students, as well as how teachers can support their parents in the joint effort to achieve success for these students. The second half of the book deals with programming topics. I found this book to be a wonderful resource. It includes case studies that I found particularly interesting, full discussions of each topic, concise summaries of each chapter and lists of resources for further reading.

In this volume the second of a three volume set, the editors Novak & Weber have created a working guide for use by educators who work with Gifted Learners. Divided into two sections the first which deals with the special populations that in-service educators might face including those students who fall into one of these populations: Twice-Exceptional, GLBTQ, Culturally Diverse, Attention Divergent Hyperactive, Underachieving, Parental Support. Each chapter is written by leading educators who have researched the various topics and set out a working set of goals for the educator to expand their knowledge in that area and each chapter provides highlights and a full reference section. The second section covers programmatic topics for educators to work within their professional learning. They include such things as how to identify and to support Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically diverse learners, How to implement acceleration, How to design professional learning that are centered on social and emotional issues that are faced by gifted learners and How to find gifted English language learners. Again each section is filled case studies, charts and grafts and again full reference sections for each chapter. If this second volume priced at $65.00 is an example of the entire set, then it can serve as a valuable set to assist in-service educators who work with gifted students. Designed it appears to be used as a special program rather than a mere reference for a workshop. It spells out how to succeed using them for professional development and life long learning. Also would be of use to regular educators who have to deal with seeking out gifted students but also dealing with gifted students in the regular classroom. But it could also serve as a resource in the media centers of all levels of graded education.

I wanted to read this book to gain more knowledge on gifted children. I currently work in the early childhood field and provide professional development to child care providers in my community. I also have a school age son who has multiple disabilities and fits into the gifted category.

This book was an easy read with great explanations. I was very intrigued about twice gifted children and the struggles an educator may have accommodating for children such as this. I felt that this was primarily due to lack of knowledge, which this book provides. I also enjoyed that the children were broken down to subcategories. I was interested in social and emotional issues. My son had low-vision, autism, anxiety and adhd. He scores exceptionally high and low in different developmental categories. I felt that this area enlightened me on some techniques that I can even use at home.

More importantly, there is a category that addresses supporting parents. I think this is very important for teachers to understand how to effectively work with parents. It gave information on advocacy and policy which parents are sometimes lacking knowledge on and how to connect with parents.

I have not read any of the other books in this series, but would assume they are just as informative. I would recommend this book to any school age educator. This is eye opening to some of the dynamics that are not addressed for children who are gifted or twice gifted. I even found information that I will able to share with educators in early childhood, although it may need to be slightly modified.

It is intriguing that the book first identifies subgroups of gifted students and then identifies the way to develop teachers to target those students. I found the strategies for underachieving gifted students to be the most interesting to me right now.

I was sent this book along with another one I won.

This book is for Educators whom may have gifted students in their classroom.
There are some great resources listed in it as well.

Volume 2 of a 3 part series designed to teach teachers how to deal with gifted learners in both the regular classroom and specialized programs. This volume concentrates on gifted students from different backgrounds, the double gifted, underachieving gifted students and the like.
In terms of format, this is a collection of essays designed for teachers of teachers and students. Strategies and helpful resources to deal with the special problem an essay concentrates on are presented and discussed.

Volume 2 of Best Practices in Professional Learning is an excellent overview to issues that come up in the classroom, and not necessarily just in gifted education. It is split into two main sections: 'Special Populations' and 'Programming Topics'. 'Special Populations' has six chapters, each of which addresses a different demographic: 2e, LGBT, culturally diverse, ADHD, and underachieving gifted. 'Programming Topics' is especially relevant to teachers working with gifted students, as it addresses identifying those who could benefit from gifted education as well as implementing gifted programs. I was happy to see the last chapter, which addresses student for whom English is a second language. So often those students are perceived as needing remediation while their other gifts may be overlooked. The content is informative in nature, providing explanations of terms as well as some historical background. There is also an examination of strategies relevant to contemporary classrooms such as co-teaching. Overall, a great resource for first-year teachers, teachers lacking perspective in gifted education, and anyone who wishes for a refresher on current trends and conversations. It's not all new information and there are other books on these topics, but it's wonderful to have them in one place for easy reference.½

I cannot wait to receive this book. I purchased the first volume and it helped me in my ambitions to become a teacher. The first volume was fantastic and I am 100% sure the 2nd one will be even better.:) Well, I received the book and have been looking at it and flipping through it. I love how the book gives some imaginary conversations ans solutions in how to handle them. My prediction was right and the book is even better than the 1st. I highly reccommend this book if you have ambitions in becoming a teacher, or even if you want to enhance your teaching skills and become a better teacher!