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- Volume 12
- Issue 3
- Publication Date: Spring 2001
Personnel Preparation and Secondary Education Programs For Gifted Students
James J. Gallagher
The advent of the new millennium has created a new willingness to accept change as a natural event. Change in the way we prepare personnel to work with gifted students is one that is needed (Gallagher, 2000). The education of gifted students has been a part of the American scene for over seven decades. During that time, the focus of these special efforts has been mainly on the elementary and middle school levels (Clark, 1997; Gallagher & Gallagher, 1994; Maker & Nielson, 1996). The education of gifted students at the secondary level has been comprised of acceleration (moving the student more rapidly through the secondary program), advanced placement or honors courses, and, occasionally, special schools like the North Carolina School of Math and Science or the Illinois Academy of Science and Mathematics (Kolloff, 1997). Rarely have secondary education teachers had special preparation for meeting the needs of gifted students or even for working with a specialist in gifted education who could provide them with technical assistance on this topic.
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