Promise for the Future Gifted Education in Rural Communities

Aamidor, Shirley; Spicker, Howard H.

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“…In this way, curricula connections through place are an inherent part of the learning process. Affirming the unique characteristics of environment and culture, Aamidor and Spicker (1995) addressed the need for “culturally specific” assessments and “curriculum intervention” for advanced students (p. 39). The research literature indicated that traditional urban models of identification and programming are insufficient for rural gifted students.…”

Section: Curricula In Rural Gifted Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Context and Content in Rural Gifted Education: A Literature Review

Rasheed

2019

Journal of Advanced Academics

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Understanding the nuances of the two individually specialized fields of rural education and gifted education is challenging for practitioners and education researchers. However, the combined field of rural gifted education has even more complexities. An examination of context and content in rural gifted education holds potential to elucidate facets of this specialized convergent field for advances in practice and research. This literature review systematically explores complexities in the individual fields of rural education and gifted education as they relate to the unique aspects of rural gifted education. This review provides an understanding of rurality as a context for gifted education; examines rural-specific questions about curricula content, particularly place-based curricula in gifted education; and identifies successes, challenges, and gaps in rural gifted education. The review can serve as the foundation for research exploring potential influences of place and achievement on what it means to be both rural and gifted.

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Section: Curricula In Rural Gifted Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The research literature indicated that traditional urban models of identification and programming are insufficient for rural gifted students. Aamidor and Spicker (1995) advocated for further research and exploration of options focusing on rural cultures.…”

Section: Curricula In Rural Gifted Educationmentioning

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Context and Content in Rural Gifted Education: A Literature Review

Rasheed

2019

Journal of Advanced Academics

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“…Talent development in the arts occurs in rural communities (Aamidor & Spicker, 1995;Clark & Zimmerman, 2001). Listening to National Public Radio (NPR) and the rural highlights for Prairie Home Companion provides evidence for talent.…”

Section: Community and School Relationshipmentioning

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Broadening Perspectives to Meet the Needs of Gifted Learners in Rural Schools

Montgomery

2004

Rural Special Education Quarterly

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The purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate the importance of developing a broad perspective when meeting the needs of children and youth who are gifted and live in rural areas. A narrow perspective of one program for one type of giftedness restricts the usefulness of rural resources. Families who have inhabited places for generations have close connections to “place” and often feel emotional ties to the values of such places. Discovering and maximizing the resources specific to the rural area may help rural educators in providing educational plans and services for gifted learners, building a future that is as solid as the successes experienced in the earliest history of rural education. This discussion uses the lens of motivational theory, specifically the development of initiative for gifted learners, to broaden perspectives in thinking about the ways rural schools can connect to rural communities to provide differentiated services for gifted learners.

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“…Rural schools are also less likely to provide adequate bilingual or English language learning (ELL) services, although one in five children in rural schools belongs to a minority group (National Education Association, 1998). Rural schools are also likely to use narrow identification procedures for identifying gifted students (Aamidor & Spickler, 1995;Obi & Obiakor, 2000).…”

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“…This figure indicates that Hispanic children are identified by approximately half as much as White students. In addition, children from rural cultural backgrounds may also experience these same difficulties (Aamidor & Spickler, 1995;Obi & Obiakor, 2000). Research indicates that this may be the result of currently used practices to identify gifted students, that is, there is an overuse and reliance upon use of I.Q.…”

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Identifying Hispanic Gifted Children: A Screening

Brice

2004

Rural Special Education Quarterly

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Identification of Hispanic children for gifted programs, particularly those in a rural environment, has been problematic. The question still remains as to what are effective identifying procedures to screen Hispanic students. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between standardized test scores and teacher ratings of student behaviors. Thirty-two Mexican-American students and 23 general education teachers from a small, rural school district in South-Central Florida served as the study participants. Fourteen correlations were calculated involving Stanford Reading and Stanford Math scores with the teacher ratings. Nine correlations were significant (9/14=64%). The Academic Checklist scores and Intellectual scores from the teacher ratings correlated the highest with the Stanford Math scores. The Math portion of the Stanford test may be less linguistically biased. Almost one fourth of the teacher rating items seemed to reflect an Anglo-American bias. Those items which seemed to reflect cultural or linguistic bias are discussed.

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Promise for the Future Gifted Education in Rural Communities

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Context and Content in Rural Gifted Education: A Literature Review

Context and Content in Rural Gifted Education: A Literature Review

Broadening Perspectives to Meet the Needs of Gifted Learners in Rural Schools

Identifying Hispanic Gifted Children: A Screening

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