http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/comment-page-1/#comment-209 tjbonzo Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:20:49 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=147#comment-209 <p>Going on the theory that some teachers don't always effectively teach gifted kids due to "administrative pressures". i.e. the system doesn't ALLOW them to teach the way they know they should - I'd recommend:<br>"Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace" by Gordon MacKenzie</p> Going on the theory that some teachers don't always effectively teach gifted kids due to “administrative pressures”. i.e. the system doesn't ALLOW them to teach the way they know they should – I'd recommend:
“Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace” by Gordon MacKenzie

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/comment-page-1/#comment-118 tjbonzo Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:20:49 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=147#comment-118 <p>Going on the theory that some teachers don't always effectively teach gifted kids due to "administrative pressures". i.e. the system doesn't ALLOW them to teach the way they know they should - I'd recommend:<br>"Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace" by Gordon MacKenzie</p> Going on the theory that some teachers don't always effectively teach gifted kids due to “administrative pressures”. i.e. the system doesn't ALLOW them to teach the way they know they should – I'd recommend:
“Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace” by Gordon MacKenzie

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Russ Goerend Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:39:30 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=147#comment-107 <p>A Nation Deceived, When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers..Um...all my books are packed up to move to a new house. Seriously remind me in two weeks...</p> A Nation Deceived, When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers..Um…all my books are packed up to move to a new house. Seriously remind me in two weeks…

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Lynette Breedlove Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:34:28 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=147#comment-105 <p>If you only have 1 on your shelf, it should be Winebrenner's Teaching Gifted Kids... I'd add Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic, and Effective by Bertie Kingore for instructional techniques. I'd add Smart Talk or More Than a Test Score (depending on the age of students you teach) by Robert Schultz and James Deslisle for really "getting" the kids' perspectives.</p> If you only have 1 on your shelf, it should be Winebrenner's Teaching Gifted Kids… I'd add Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic, and Effective by Bertie Kingore for instructional techniques. I'd add Smart Talk or More Than a Test Score (depending on the age of students you teach) by Robert Schultz and James Deslisle for really “getting” the kids' perspectives.

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/survey-building-a-gifted-library/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Lance Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:21:31 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=147#comment-104 <p>How about "Genius Denied" or "A Nation Deceived"?</p> How about “Genius Denied” or “A Nation Deceived”?

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