Integrated learning: A viable alternative to gifted programs

Autor:	Barbara Garner, Robert Boissoneau, Melissa Spezia, Susan Haugland
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	High energy Integrated learning Social adjustment Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Social environment Pediatrics Identification (information) Pedagogy Developmental and Educational Psychology Curiosity Apprenticeship Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Early Child Development and Care. 63:107-118
ISSN:	1476-8275 0300-4430
DOI:	10.1080/0300443900630114
Popis:	This article provides an innovative model for educating gifted young children, the Integrated Developmental Model. The model is based upon Rogoff's theoretical framework, “Apprenticeship in Thinking.” By utilizing the Integrated Developmental Model, children's learning is optimized in a social context. Growth is stimulated in an environment where children are actively engaged in exploration, facilitated by teachers who challenge, propose problems and guide children's discovery. Multi‐age classrooms facilitate learning at the “zone of promixal development.” The Integrated Development is responsive to their curiosity, their high energy levels, their exceptional planning skills and their abilities to initiate, execute and evaluate activities. In addition, the Integrated Developmental Model avoids the difficulties associated with identification of the gifted, negative effects of labeling and the numerous concerns regarding social adjustment of gifted children. Examples of activities reflective of the Integrat...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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