0 or 2 credits
Fall 2025 Distance Learning Lecture Lower Division
This course is an introduction to the intellectual, social, and emotional characteristics of gifted youth; philosophies of gifted education; and programmatic and classroom approaches for supporting gifted students generally and within different domains (e.g., intellectual, academic, creative, artistic, leadership). This course will also help you learn and apply various research-based strategies and curriculum models aligned with gifted education pedagogy. Through readings, in-person small group discussions, and direct application, you will establish the groundwork for differentiated instruction for all students.
Learning Outcomes1Describe the history, philosophical traditions, paradigms, and policies of gifted education. [NAGC-CEC Standards (2013):
22]
3Describe giftedness, creativity, and talented development related to students in school settings. [NAGC-CEC Standards (2013):
42,
52,
61,
74,
81]
9Develop awareness of the diversity that exists within the gifted, creative, and talented population. [NAGCCEC Standards (2013):
101;
113]
12Apply specific differentiation models and strategies as a response to the needs, interests, and abilities of learners by modifying curriculum, instruction, learning environment, and/or affect. [NAGCCEC Standards (2013):
133;
141]
15Create and justify differentiated lessons that utilize instructional strategies and technologies to engage high-potential, gifted, and multi-exceptional students. [NAGC-CEC Standards (2013):
161-
174,
182,
194,
201]
21Evaluate curriculum and program model(s) would work best at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in your school district. [NAGC-CEC Standards (2013):
221,
231,
242,
251]
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