Fred A. Bonner, A. Marbley, Alonzo M. Flowers, Kala Burrell-Craft, Michael E. Jennings, Dave A. Louis, R. Goings, Stella L. Smith, Stephanie D. Tilley, Barbara Garcia-Powell, Terrance J. Bolton, Edward L. Tarlton
{"title":"Reconciling Our Strivings: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in Contemporary Contexts","authors":"Fred A. Bonner, A. Marbley, Alonzo M. Flowers, Kala Burrell-Craft, Michael E. Jennings, Dave A. Louis, R. Goings, Stella L. Smith, Stephanie D. Tilley, Barbara Garcia-Powell, Terrance J. Bolton, Edward L. Tarlton","doi":"10.1177/10762175231205917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231205917","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout history, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have overcome countless challenges to achieve their goals of maintaining cultural traditions, providing key leadership and role models, assuring economic functions, addressing issues between minority and majority populations, and producing Black agents for research, institutional training, and information dissemination within the Black and other minority communities. Using a Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN), this article focuses on the function, legacy, and relevance of current HBCUs. Using W. E. B. Du Bois’s “double consciousness” as a theoretical framework, each of the 12 contributing scholars address these questions: How have you reconciled your individual strivings? Has the HBCU placed a role in your reconciliation process? What SPN is emblematic of your reconciliation process? These questions are addressed through vivid narrative accounts that speak to the critical constructs of belonging—Black identity; gifted education, selfhood, spirituality, and theoretical frameworks. Each of these constructs represents an identity vector that points inward to the core—the HBCU.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"222 ","pages":"45 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139241377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clusters…An Additional Approach to Differentiation","authors":"S. Kaplan","doi":"10.1177/10762175231205902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231205902","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the use of clusters in facilitating inquiry and expanding learning opportunities for advanced and gifted students. Options are presented that extend or reinforce the central focus of curricular investigations. These clusters enhance the gifted students' understanding of the connections that reinforce and/or extend the impact to investigate and comprehend a designated skill, concept, principle, or discipline.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"101 3","pages":"79 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139238949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing Student Video and YouTube Streaming with Open Broadcaster Software Studio","authors":"Del Siegle","doi":"10.1177/10762175231205905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231205905","url":null,"abstract":"Gifted and talented students with an interest in technology can use their advanced cognitive abilities to create webinars and workshops, research presentations, artistic showcases, literary discussions in a variety of languages, digital portfolios, and community and club activities. With YouTube evolving into a primary source of information among teens, this article describes how students can create a four scene broadcast using Open Broadcaster Software Studio (OBS) and how to set up streaming on YouTube. The author concludes that OBS Studio can serve as a powerful medium for gifted and talented students to not only express their creativity and expertise but also to foster collaborative learning, engage with a wider audience, and make meaningful contributions to their educational community.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"2 ","pages":"65 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139241779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosemary A. Davis, Byron E. Jones, Randall C. Morgan, Bernard C. Watson
{"title":"Roosevelt High School Principals: Personal Reflections","authors":"Rosemary A. Davis, Byron E. Jones, Randall C. Morgan, Bernard C. Watson","doi":"10.1177/10762175231205904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231205904","url":null,"abstract":"Graduates of Roosevelt High School remember their experiences, specifically the principals. Bernard Watson introduces the other authors’ personal reflections by describing the environment, his relationships with the principals and his fellow students, and the long-term effects of the school on its graduates. Following this introduction, Randall C. Morgan remembers his grandfather, H. Theo Tatum, who everyone knew and respected and who crafted a sense of excellence in the students. The other two principals—Warren Anderson and Robert Eugene Jones—are remembered by their children. Rosemary Davis remembers her father, Anderson, as being energized by teaching, learning, and interacting with teachers and students. He believed in producing well-rounded students, those with both physical as well as intellectual skills. Byron Jones remembers his father, Robert Jones, as also having a passion for teaching and leading. He honored students’ achievements and increased the number who graduated with honors. These personal memories support the importance of leadership within an elite African-American school’s culture.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"206 ","pages":"40 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139239739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing Educators of Gifted and Talented Students to Decolonize Children’s Literature","authors":"Donna Y. Ford, Cynthia A. Tyson","doi":"10.1177/10762175231205906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231205906","url":null,"abstract":"As we write this paper in late 2023, Advanced Placement (AP) Black history, psychology courses and the use of diverse literature written for children and young adults is being banned by many school districts across the United States. Educators are being threatened, sanctioned, reprimanded, and fired. Despite this, some teachers stand steadfast in their commitment to pedagogies that use authentic literature about and by diverse historians, authors, social activists, and researchers, to name a few. In this article, we discuss the importance of gifted and talented (GATE) being taught Black history and culture that centers diverse literature that recognizes, respects, and celebrates similarities and differences within and across cultures including ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, geographic location, language, and religion, and physical, cognitive, and emotional ability. We do this within the frameworks of children’s literature as a site for decolonization and Bishop’s metaphor of “mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors” (Bishop, 1990). While acknowledging that many GATE students are avid readers, we maintain that all children benefit from education that includes diverse literature and share recommendations for change.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"7 1","pages":"74 - 78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139242401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Collaborative Role of Universities and Secondary Schools in the Development of Adolescent Gifted Learners","authors":"Joyce VanTassel-Baska","doi":"10.1177/10762175231186450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231186450","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores higher education’s role in supporting gifted students and how these institutions might collaborate with high schools. Multidimensional roles that universities can play include helping gifted students transition from high school through individual support from faculty such as mentorships to offering specialized opportunities and courses within the traditional structures. Collaborations encompass providing advanced opportunities for advanced learners and placements in different types of programs such as dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and individual courses linked to a university program. Research findings suggest that students who had access to a variety of advanced opportunities had greater success in their chosen fields.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135243484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultivating a Learning Environment to Support Diverse Gifted Students","authors":"Cindy M. Gilson, Lindsay E. Lee","doi":"10.1177/10762175231186454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231186454","url":null,"abstract":"Educators have the responsibility to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of every child in their care, including students who are gifted or high-achieving from diverse backgrounds. For gifted students to thrive in the differentiated classroom, teachers can consider the ways in which they establish and promote positive affective, physical, and digital learning environments. This article introduces the Reciprocal Learning Environments Model in which we describe four teacher actions based on research and recommended best practices from the field of gifted education to cultivate a more positive classroom culture conducive to differentiation.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135244481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tracy L. Cross, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Kristofor Wiley, Anyesha Mishra
{"title":"The Academic Year Governor’s Schools of Virginia: A Community of Learners","authors":"Tracy L. Cross, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Kristofor Wiley, Anyesha Mishra","doi":"10.1177/10762175231187546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231187546","url":null,"abstract":"High-ability and gifted students are well-served by a focus on the development of community. The Academic Year Governor’s Schools of Virginia were created with a formalized emphasis on the network of relationships built among the students, faculty, and the larger community. The power of these communities of learners was evident in a study of the Governor’s Schools. At a time when students are buffeted by stressors such as school shootings, pandemics, and war, a community of like-minded and caring peers and adults can provide support for their positive psychological development.","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135243247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning Environments","authors":"Susan K. Johnsen","doi":"10.1177/10762175231186678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10762175231186678","url":null,"abstract":"Environments, which are defined as the surroundings in which an individual lives or works, are important to student learning. They influence students’ feelings and their engagement in a variety of activities. Because of their importance, learning environments are emphasized in the newly revised Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Gifted Educators (K-12). In the standards, educators need to learn how to create inclusive, effective learning environments that are responsive, engaging, and encourage interactions. For example, Standard 5 states: “Educators use data and knowledge of each student with gifts and talents, including twiceexceptional and other diverse populations, when selecting strategies to differentiate instruction and design effective learning environments to engage students in learning and prepare them for creative and productive careers in a global, multicultural society” (see https:// exceptionalchildren.org/gifted-education-professionalstandards). An effective learning environment is therefore not a static space but rather a space that is dynamic and addresses each student’s interests, strengths, and needs. In designing more individualized learning environments, teachers might use a variety of adaptive assessments such as work samples and anecdotal records to examine the gifted student’s engagement when interacting with:","PeriodicalId":52204,"journal":{"name":"Gifted Child Today","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135243708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}