NAGC 56th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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An Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Experience in Regular Classroom Differentiation
Track
:
Professional Development
Program Code:
100
Date:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Time:
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
EST
Room:
264
CO-PRESENTER
:
Anitra Jensen, 5th Grade Teacher, Edith Bowen Laboratory School
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Scott Hunsaker, Associate Professor, Utah State University
Anitra Jensen, 5th Grade Teacher, Edith Bowen Laboratory School
PRESENTER
(S):
Scott Hunsaker, Associate Professor, Utah State University
Anitra Jensen, 5th Grade Teacher, Edith Bowen Laboratory School
Description
Offering gifted education preparation programs at the graduate level disregard a teacher's need to differentiate from the beginning, but undergraduate programs often ignore gifted learners. Therefore, an undergraduate course on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential to working with gifted students in the regular classroom was developed. Teacher preparation candidates received conceptual and practical instruction from a classroom teacher skilled in differentiation, watched live demonstrations, prepared materials, and implemented strategies in real classrooms. This session explores course outcomes and provides suggestions for adapting the course model to other university and public school cooperative settings.