Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students
Perspectives From the Field
Free Spirit Publishing · Print & ebook · September 23, 2021
Help underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs.
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- Who it’s for
- Chapters bring student and expert perspectives to inequity and access in gifted education.
- Themes
- Equity in gifted education, Student self-advocacy, Educational access
- Genres
- Gifted Education, Multicultural Education, Inclusive Education
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Help underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs. In gifted education, an important and contentious issue that has yet to be sufficiently addressed is the systemic underrepresentation of gifted students who have been discriminated against in school-based gifted and advanced learner programs because of their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other realities.
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Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students gives a voice to those students and brings their stories into focus. With chapters written by student and expert scholars who specialize in addressing the structural inequity and educational inequality in gifted and advanced learner programs, Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students recommends practices and strategies for helping underserved high-potential students claim their right to an education that addresses their unique needs. Each chapter has key takeaways and discussion questions, providing a built-in book study guide to prepare educators to engage students in conversation and to help develop their self-advocacy skills. Coeditors Dr. Joy Lawson Davis and Deb Douglas have brought together the voices of experts and students to help educators move closer to ensuring equity, access, and excellence in gifted education. By arming historically marginalized gifted students with self-advocacy strategies, these remarkable students will be better enabled to fulfill their dreams.
Gifted Education Equity
Chapters bring student and expert perspectives to inequity and access in gifted education.
Come here for
- Student and expert perspectives on inequity in gifted programs
- Recommended practices and self-advocacy strategies
Expect
- Key takeaways and discussion questions in each chapter
- A built-in guide for educator-led book study
Where it sits
| Gifted Education | 87% |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Education | 53% |
| Multicultural Education | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Gifted Education
- Professional Development
- Inclusive Education
- Authors
- Joy Lawson Davis, Deb Douglas
- Publisher
- Free Spirit Publishing
- Published
- September 23, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Equity in gifted education · Student self-advocacy · Educational access
- Reading lane
- Gifted Education