Presentation given at the Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness in Sydney July 2010 by Suzanne Plume Gifted Education Coordinator, Sydney, Australia. Making a gifted programme work in a PYP school - adaptations and research underpinning.
Gifted:Surviving and Thriving in the Primary Years Programme
1. Gifted: Surviving and Thriving in the Primary Years Programme Suzanne Plume Gifted Education Coordinator Trinity Grammar Preparatory School splume@trinity.nsw.edu.au
15. In class services are only effective when trained collaborative resource teachers work with regular classroom teachers to craft instruction for gifted students. Kane & Henning 2004, Landrum, 2001 Gifted 2010 Sydney 5
32. Dialectical Thought: Thinking about two or more different points of view at the same time, understanding those points of view, constructing arguments based on other points of view , changing one’s own point of view
93. Year 6 Explores Leadership http://yr6leadership.edublogs.org/
94. IBO website http://www.ibo.orgGifted 2010 Sydney 22
95. Gifted 2010 Sydney 23 Every child deserves a champion. Hillary Rodham Clinton (1996)
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The fundamental philosophy of the IB is to develop internationally minded students who are equipped with transdisciplinary skills they will need to confront global problems which transcend the boundaries of subject disciplines. A case in point of course is BHP’s recent oil spill.
Lets look at Karen’s meta analysis to see the effectiveness of the grouping options we are using .3 is significant.6 is a gain of .6 of a year’s gain on top of the 1 year’s gain we would normally expect.
Are our instructional options supported by the research as effective for gifted students?Yes indeed.Cols 1&2 Teaching to Gt Learner Prefs & StylesColumn 3 Teaching to learning diffs
The IB Learner Profile serves as a set of outcomes educators and students can use to understand what an internationally minded person might look like.There is one learner profile which has 9 aspects.Action component - Reflect- Choose- Act- a voluntary demonstration of a student’s empowerment to act arising from the UOIMandates a culture of collaborationBuilt in Reflection
The emphasis on Higher Order thinking Skills is an appropriate provision for our gifted learners.
Why do we have a concept based curriculum?Wiggins and McTighe 1999 call these enduring understandingsIn PYP Units of Inquiry they form the basis of the Central IdeaWe know that a curriculum based on facts is shallow and leads to the development of low level thinking skillsConcept driven curricula gives gifted students Higher Order Thinking Skills – gives them the HOTS for learning.They are not specific to any one cultureTransdisciplinary contexts increase coherence across the curriculum.MTPYPH
Whole School Scope and Sequence UOIsCurriculum, Units of Inquiry which explore the scope of a central ideaIBO encourage s individuals in the school to work collaboratively to develop a transdisciplinary program of inquiry designed to meet the school’s needs. MTPYPH 13The planning team - consisting of the teachers at each year level (plus specialists and resource staff) need to plan the units of inquiry together with the remainder of the curriculum for the year.
LOOK AT PLANNER EXEMPLAR NOW!!!SAYThis document provides opportunities for structured collaboration sessionsExecutive support is KEY to Making it happenSuccessful collaborations make converts who then proselytize in your place!!Using the planner facilitates cognitive playfulness – its fun and a bonding experience.
The IBO allows for stand alone teaching time in the various subject areas and points out that their relationship with UOI teaching time will change from one unit to another. They refer to this relationship as a dynamic one and stress that the definitive experience from the students’ standpoint should be the UOI. MTPYPH14Dynamic learning environmentGroup to individua;l settings Teacher facilitates students’ roles as initiatorsTeacher must value and model inquiry (be a lifelong learner)
Comes from Towards a continuum of international education pp28-29
Students learn another language after 7YOMother tongue is honoured and supported.
Confess to secret weaponNote use of a classicWe also useHomer, Treasure Island, Tolkien, Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes
Does point out that “..teachers need to consider that young students may need to revisit areas and skills many times before understanding can be reached. Applying mathematical skills to real world tasks supports student learning.” MTPYPH p82Classroom teacher to be responsible for teaching “Mathematics is viewed primarily as a vehicle to support inquiry.....”“Mathematics needs to be taught in relevant, realistic contexts rather than through an attempt to impart a fixed body of knowledge directly to students.”Links to the transdisciplinary themes should be made explicitly whether or not the mathematics is being taught inside or outside the programme of inquiry. However, it should also be recognised that there are occasions when it is preferable for students to be given a series of strategies for learning mathematical skills (including rote learning) in order to progress in their mathematical understanding, rather than struggling to proceed.” “..mathematics should be taught through the relevant realistic context of the units of inquiry. The direct teaching of mathematics in a unit of inquiry may not always be feasible but where appropriate prior learning or follow up activities may be useful to help students make connections between the different aspects of the curriculum. Students also need opportunities to identify and reflect on big ideas within and between the different strands of mathematics, the programme of inquiry and other subject areas. MTPYPH 83 A WORK IN PROGRESS
Best Things we didImported teachers who had taught in IBO schools overseas.My warmest thanks to Paulini Koroi and Christina Ranatawake who embody international mindedness and lifelong learningAlso to Amy Stannard our PYP consultant for her tireless supportMust visitbyrdseed.com Must read Mindset by Carol Dweck
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