Sandra I. Kay

On Human Potential (eBook, PDF)

Nurturing Talents and Cultivating Expertise

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

According to experts in educational measurement, current and past performance remains the best single predictor of future performance. This book seeks to maximize individual and institutional efforts to support students optimal development, specifically their talents. The Talent Record introduced a common language, cataloging, and recording levels of talent achieved thus far on a Talent Profile page. Communicating accomplishments in a common language across talent fields unites the ever-changing team of individuals associated with a child's development and advances meaningful educational practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765176467
• Artikelnr.: 74844579

Autorenporträt

Sandra I. Kay has a Doctor of Education in Special Education and Master of Education in Instructional Practices from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she remained as a Visiting Scholar for 10 years. Her Bachelor and Master of Science in Art Education and the grounding of over 30 years of K-12 teaching directed her research focus on developing talent/expertise and on the problem-finding aspects of creative thought, visual thinking, and other habits of mind that engage the imagination and promote self-directed inquiry in children and adults.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Perspectives on talent
development and expertise Chapter One: Measuring what matters most Chapter
Two: Moving beyond 'a pleasure to have in class' Chapter Three: Components
of the Talent Record: Chronicling the development of expertise Chapter
Four: Recognizing Emerging Expertise Chapter Five: A look at Intellectual
Aptitude (IA) surfacing Chapter Six: A look at emerging Specific Academic
(AC) ability Chapter Seven: Early sightings of Creative/Productive (CR)
ability Chapter Eight: On materializing Leadership (L) Chapter Nine: A
closer look at Visual/Performing Arts (AR) abilities Chapter Ten: Early
sightings of Psychomotor/Kinesthetic (PK) abilities Chapter Eleven: So
what? - The synergy of collaboration Appendix A: Intellectual (IA) &
Academic (AC) Classroom Checklist of Observed Behaviors Appendix B:
Achievement Survey Appendix C: Creativity (CR) Classroom Checklist of
Observed Behaviors Appendix D: Leadership (L) Classroom Checklist of
Observed Behaviors Appendix E: Visual Arts (AR.v) Classroom Checklist of
Observed Behaviors Appendix F: Performing Arts (AR) Classroom Checklist of
Observed Behaviors Appendix G: Psychomotor/Kinesthetic (PK) Classroom
Checklist of Observed Behaviors Appendix H: Two Autobiographical Talent
Records: Extrapolation Examples for Constructing Talent: S. Wolzniak & C.
S. Lewis References About the Author