Illuminating the Spectrum of Giftedness and Talent Development 2015
QAGTC, in association with AAEGT and IRATDE announce “Illuminating the Spectrum of Giftedness and Talent Development”, an International Gifted Conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia 19 – 21 March, 2015. The conference theme is “Illuminating the Spectrum of Giftedness and Talent Development”. Confirmed keynotes for the conference include Professor Elena Grigorenko and Professor Albert Ziegler. Find out more including information about Call for Papers can now be found on the conference...
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Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Igniting Talent: Toddlers to Teens Conference Hobart September 6-8th 2013. You will find more details about the conference program and registration on the TAG website or you can register for the conference via this...
Read MoreCelebrating Ability – AAEGT 12th National Gifted and Talented Conference
AAEGTAustralian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented. Celebrating Ability: AAEGT 12th National Gifted and Talented Conference. Presented by The Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Inc. Hobart 9-11 July 2008 1. About these Conference proceedings The 12th biennial conference of the Australian Association for the education of the Gifted and Talented was held in Hobart at the Hotel Grand Chancellor from 9th to 11th July 2008. The 2008 AAEGT Conference was organised by the Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Inc. The theme of the conference was ;Celebrating Ability; reflecting the Association’s mission of advocacy of our brightest minds. The Association is representative of educators and parents concerned with students who are gifted. The conference was timely given the role that students with gifts and talent fit within the government’s education revolution agenda. Responsibility for the content of each paper lies with its author(s). In some instances, presentations were edited to reduce size. The author(s) also retain copyright over the text, however material appears on the Conference proceedings website by permission of the authors. Any document may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act and other relevant legislation. The content does not represent the position of AAEGT on any issues. 2. Organising Committee Jane Cameron (President) Lyn Lewer (Treasurer) Kate Tucker (Vice President) Kate Saliba Philippa Lohry & Belnda Fenney-Walch (Secretary) Lynne Maher Phil Holmes (Conference Secretariate) 3. Presentations Abstracts are available by clicking on the link in the “Title and Abstract” column Where available, presentation files or full papers may be downloaded by clicking on the PDF or Paper link in the Presentation column respectively. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z No. Author Affiliation Title and Abstract Presentation A 1. Al Hmouz, Hanan University of Wollongong A comparison of gifted high, moderate, and low achievers in their attitudes toward the school motivation, self-regulation, motivational goals, and goal orientations PDF 2. Anderson, Ruth. Southern Cross University, NSW Acceleration in the bush. B 3. Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle Reading beyond PDF 4. Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle ...
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4 – Dr Laurence J Coleman Passion for learning: the experience of being consumed by learning Concurrent Session 11A Auditorium (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 11B Bayside 101 (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 11C Bayside 102 (Curriculum Approaches) The importance of fine motor skills in the identification and in the education of gifted achievers and underachievers Prof Heidrun Stoeger (Invited Speaker) 30 mins Actions speak louder than words: Using elearning in service learning and gifted education Diana Whitton Becoming global citizens through intercultural learning Kay Gibson, Marjorie Landwehr-Brown & Anh Tran (workshop 90 mins) Individualised research study: Defensible enrichment for the gifted in Singapore Poh Yin Liew Ad Astra: English enrichment in the middle school Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell The joy of reading Buay Kee Yeo & Meiqing Ong Developing a mathematics pull-out programme for highly talented students in Singapore. Lessons from the first year Daniel Koh Aspire: meeting the needs of gifted university students: A case study of University of Western Sydney Diana Whitton The revolving door model for early college entry with radical acceleration: Increasing the options, reducing the risk through trial placement Lyn Dimaano Nurturing creativity and critical thinking through humanities and science curricula in Hong Kong Richard H F Tong & Jasmine C H Yeung Concurrent Session 11D Bayside 103 (Spiritual & Emotional Development) Concurrent Session 11E Bayside 104 (Learning Communities) Concurrent Session 11F Bayside 105 (Spiritual & Emotional Development) The influences of socio-demographic variables on foreign language writing anxiety in female mathematics-and-science-gifted students Yung-Nan Chiang Learning insights: Student perspectives on ‘thinking smart’ Lesley Williams Spiritual intelligence as a component of giftedness Russell Walton Gifted young adolescents: Addressing the ‘who am I?’ question Lisette Dillon Building a supportive culture in the school community Penny Willoughby Big fish dipping into big ponds: A different view of the big fish little pond effect Kate Niederer Deconstructing a successful service learning project – Steps to achieving perspective change Jasper Kuan Chemistry game shows for high ability learners Zi Sheng Tham The psycho-social factors of the Olympiad achievement Viire Sepp Growing up smart and criminal Maureen Neihart Moving from prescribed practitioners to investigative practitioners Letchmi Devi Ponnusamy SENG: Getting to the heart of the...
Read MoreAsia Pacific Conferene 2010 – Day 3
Up | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Introduction KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 – Ms Michele Paule Smart girls waving or Ophelias drowning? High-achieving girls in education and media Concurrent Session 7A Auditorium (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 7B Bayside 101 (Rural & Isolated Students) Concurrent Session 7C Bayside 102 (Curriculum Approaches) Developing gifted learner programmes with confidence: Key principles in planning and execution Sonia White A preliminary investigation on the education of talented children moving from rural areas to urban cities Sumei Lu How to ‘giftify’ your programme Jilly O’Brien Concurrent Session 7D Bayside 103 (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 7E Bayside 104 (Dual Exceptionality) Concurrent Session 7F Bayside 105 (Indigenous) Reducing the carbon footprint of our Year 5 global citizens Caroline Merrick What do teachers know about gifted students with a learning disability? Catherine Wormald Celebrating indigenous roots: Gifted and talented Pacific Island (Pasifika) students Taemanuolo Faaea-Semeatu Concurrent Session 8A Auditorium (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 8B Bayside 101 (Technology) Concurrent Session 8C Bayside 102 (School-Family Partnerships) The factors affecting a theoretical model of the gifted student’s attitude toward critical thinking, as analysed by the SEM model Wei-Chun Li Powerpaint: Empowering children’s creativity with Microsoft Powerpoint Nur Ilyana Issues with the term ‘giftedness’ among parents of intellectually superior Filipino children Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal Global leader model for promotion of cognition, creativity and leadership Kyunghwa Lee The role of vidcast in the teaching humanities for the 21st century educators and learners Alice Tjahaja What we know about parents of gifted learners Jennifer Jolly A validation study on leadership scale for young gifted children Kyounghoon Lew How did math/science talented brains activate During Working on Serial Number Reasoning and Figural Reasoning Ching-Chih Kuo Exceptionally gifted young adults: What do they want for their own children? Miraca Gross New senior secondary curriculum: How it facilitates the gifted in Hong Kong Pui-Tin Chan Network by videoconference Helen Futcher & Jodie Walker Learning experiences of math and science gifted students Ling-Hui Lin Bridging the gap between teacher training and provisions for the gifted: Mapping out professional development programmes on gifted education in Hong Kong Mandy Yau-Tai Tsang Gifted at gaming: Patterns, benefits and risks Michele...
Read MoreAsia Pacific Conferene 2010 – Day 2
Up | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Introduction KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 – Professor Paul Chandler Prodigy or problem child: Challenges with identifying aboriginal giftedness Concurrent Session 4A Auditorium (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 4B Bayside 101 (Rural & Isolated Students) Concurrent Session 4C Bayside 102 (Advocacy & Policy) Thinking Smart: Gifted Students’ Perspectives on Thinking and Learning Prof Marion Porath (Invited Speaker 30 mins) Stranger-centred pedagogy: Reaching the rural child Mary St George Psychological advocacy program for acceleration’s teachers to optimize gifted student learning process in acceleration class Maharani Kertapati Differentiation for talent development through effective educational partnerships Susen Smith How can we identify gifted students in special populations without any test?: An identification model with class observation and interview Jiyoung Ryu Gender differences in learning environment and student attitudes in primary science classrooms in Singapore Jarina Peer Curriculum approaches Woan-Pin Fang & Jeanne Lim The Western New South Wales regional virtual opportunity class: Providing extension and enrichment opportunities for gifted and talented students in regional, rural and remote Leanne Dixon Adventures in advocacy: Developing a professional association for gifted and talented education Tracy Riley On being a scientist: Scientifically gifted students’ perspective in Thailand Washirasorn Saengsuwan Academic acceleration in rural contexts Peter Merrotsy Science teachers: Cognition and images about science gifted student Jaeheon Park, Jong Seok Park Sung Woo Bae This is how to make it work: Action learning as a whole school approach to change Jill Forster High achievers program for Aboriginal students Kerry Rowe Getting to the heart of what 2E students need Maxine Cowie Gifted students in rural and isolated contexts Peter Merrotsy Gifted brains and stress reduction techniques Angela Foulds-Cook Concurrent Session 4D Bayside 106 (Curriculum Approaches) Concurrent Session 4E Bayside 107 (Dual Exceptionality) Concurrent Session 4F Bayside 105 (Creativity) Use of English language in Chinese language reading comprehension Boon Leng Tan Twice exceptional students: Case studies of when giftedness, dyslexia and AD/HD meet Rhonda Filmer Creativity and giftedness Carly Lassig Entering the unknown: A teacher’s narrative of a gifted enrichment program Susanne Garvis Gifted students who have academic learning difficulties: Analytic sequential processing problems ? John Munro Teachers’ understanding of creativity & curriculum...
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