Teaching Gifted Learners in STEM Subjects

Developing Talent in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Keith S. Taber, Manabu Sumida, Lynne McClure, Keith S. Taber, Manabu Sumida, Lynne McClure

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780367141820
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317448969
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This book offers an overview of programmes designed to support the learning of gifted and talented students in STEM subjects, both to allow them to meet their potential and to encourage them to proceed towards careers in STEM areas. The chapters from a range of national contexts report on perspectives, approaches and projects in gifted education in STEM subjects. These contributions provide a picture of the state of research and practice in this area, both to inform further research and development, and to support classroom teachers in their day-to-day work. Chapters have been written with practitioners in mind, but include relevant scholarly citations to the literature. The book includes some contributions illustrating research and practice in specific STEM areas, and others which bridge across different STEM subjects. The volume also includes an introductory theoretical chapter exploring the implications for gifted learners of how 'STEM' is understood and organized within the school curriculums.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• List of contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Knowledge sans frontières? Conceptualising STEM in the curriculum to facilitate creativity and knowledge integration
• 2 Developing STEM talent in the early school years: STEM Starters and its next generation scale-up
• 3 Teacher beliefs regarding gifted and highly able learners in STEM schools in the United States
• 4 Parent or guardian characteristics and talented students’ persistence in STEM
• 5 Talent development of STEM experts
• 6 What factors contribute to the development of gifted female scientists? Insights from two case studies
• 7 An extra-curricular gifted support programme in Hungary for exceptional students in mathematics
• 8 ‘It’s great to be able to talk and discuss with other talented mathematicians’: AskNRICH, an Internet opportunity for connecting like-minded gifted learners
• 9 Learning science through PROFILES: are there any benefits for gifted students in elementary school?
• 10 Talented students and motivated teachers: an interactive and synergistic tandem to design innovative hands-on learning practices in biosciences
• 11 Challenging gifted students in science: the German Science Olympiads
• 12 Incorporating nanotechnology into K-12 education, with a special focus on gifted students
• 13 Nurturing virtuous minds in gifted engineering learners
• 14 Design-based challenges as a means of encouraging creativity
• 15 Enhancing gifted early elementary students’ learning experiences through engineering design
• 16 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and mathematics) education for gifted young children: a glocal approach to science education for gifted young children
• Index