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DfES Standards Site - Gifted and Talented -Archived
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809091832/
teachingandlearningresources.org.uk/collection/22088


Some content from the original DfES Standards site is now archived here at the National Archives website.

Also archived - an interesting DfES report (2006) on 'Nurturing Gifted & Talented Children at KS1'- here

Oxford Brookes Gifted and Talented Education Professional Development
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/cpdgifted/!

Of particular interest to G&T coordinators are the following pages:
Able, Gifted & Talented Co-ordinators' Professional Development Materials
Briefings on Aspects of Able, Gifted and Talented Education (Launchpads)

Teachers TV
http://www.proteachersvideo.com/SubjectList.aspx

Gifted & Talented Pupil Voice - Lucy - link
Bright Extroverts - Behave to Learn with Bayley - link
Early Years Workshop - Listening & Questioning - link
Challenge and Stretch for ALL Learners (ChaSE)
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education-2/projects/challenge-and-stretch-for-all-learners/home.aspx

Innovatiive activities and opportunities to challenge learners (age 5-19).
Project by Canterbury Christ Church University.

GTEU - G&T in the Early Years - bulletins

Bulletin 1- G&T Education and the Early Years: A Conversation with Christine Pascal - Feb 2006 - here
Bulletin 2- G&T Education and the Early Years: Digging Deeper - June 2007 - here

REACH - Articles
http://www.reachgifted.org.nz/articles.htm

Interesting selection of articles on G&T for teachers and parents.

BRAINOLOGY - Mindset Video gallery
http://www.brainology.us/webnav/videogallery.aspx

Watch videos about Carol Dweck's ideas on the consequences of beliefs about where ability 'comes from' , and the importance of the right kind of 'praise' for children.

BYRDSEED
http://www.byrdseed.com/

Practical ideas for classroom use.

Medway Council - Guidance on Gifted & Talented Children in Foundation Stage

PDF file here
London Gifted & Talented
http://www.londongt.org

Teacher tools for identification, improving provision & supporting learners here

Teaching expertise - G&T articles
http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/gifted-talented

100+ articles on a wide variety of G&T topics.
You can view (and subscribe to) e-bulletins on G&T (G&T update) here

Brunel Able Children's Education Centre
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sse/sseres/sseresearchcentres/bacehome

 

NACE - Advancing the teaching of able children
http://www.nace.co.uk/

National Association for Able Children in Education
 

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
http://www.nagc.org/

 

21st Century Learning Initiative www.21learn.org
http://www.21learn.org/

 

Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG)
http://ierg.net/lessonplans/unit_plans.php

Some interesting videos of Kieran Egan talking about 'learning tools' on youtube here

New Horizons for Learning
http://www.newhorizons.org/

 

Building Learning Power
http://www.buildinglearningpower.co.uk

 

Edutopia - The George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/

Lots of interesting videos about project-based learning here

Independent Thinking Ltd
http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/Cool+Stuff/default.aspx

Website has an interesting selection of articles and links on thinking, creativity and school change.

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
http://hoagiesgifted.org/

 

World Class Arena - challenging minds, recognising talent http://www.worldclassarena.org

 

Kidsource - Gifted Index
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.gifted.html

 

GT-World - an online support community
http://www.gtworld.org/

 

Bloom's Taxonomy - revised version
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom's_Taxonomy#end

A chart relating roles, process verbs and products to the original taxonomy here

Odyssey of the Mind -- Classroom Activities
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/curriculum.php

 

Using Questioning to Stimulate Mathematical Thinking-Nrich
http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/public/viewer.php?obj_id=2473&refpage=monthindex.php&part=index&nomenu=0

 

Questions & questioning - working with young children- Primary Science Review

PDF file here

The Question Mark - Questioning Articles
http://questioning.org/articles.html

 

The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html

Research by the University of Connecticut