Exploring Gifted Education ─ Australian and New Zealand Perspectives

Exploring Gifted Education focuses on the most fundamental and pressing topics in gifted education from across Australian and New Zealand contexts and gives particular attention to evidence based practices and research findings. The wide variety of topics presented include: identification of gifted learners, creativity, twice-exceptional learners, affective considerations, teaching the gifted, curriculum considerations, programs and services, STEM, early childhood learners, rural and remote contexts, and parents of gifted learners. Each chapter provides guiding questions and key ideas to help orient the reader, and discussion questions synthesise the chapter’s concepts at the conclusion.

The first book of its kind to synthesise research based findings in gifted education from across New Zealand and Australia, it is an essential reference tool for researchers and a key text for courses in gifted education. Practitioners and parents will also find the assembled research illuminating and informative in understanding and addressing the needs of gifted learners.

Jennifer L. Jolly, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama, and her previous positions include Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She has served as Association Editor for the National Association for Gifted Children and editor of Parenting for High Potential. Her research interests include the history of gifted education, parents of gifted children, and homeschooling gifted children.

Jane M. Jarvis, is a Senior Lecturer at Flinders University in South Australia, where her research, teaching, and consultancy work with schools focuses on addressing learner diversity through differentiated curriculum and inclusive educational practices, including for gifted students. Jane is an Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Gifted Education.