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Date Posted: 10:35:42 02/14/07 Wed
Author: Lila Kayali
Subject: Teaching talented students

I agree that it is a teachers duty to encourage each student's unique abilities but it can also be an overwhelming task. Schools have a curriculum that teachers are required to complete so teachers often overlook individual talents due to lack of time or resources. I think teachers should integrate activities into lesson plans and focus more on relating information to student's interests. By teaching with a variety of different methods, teacher's enhance student learning. I think the key is to be creative and get student's involved in each lesson. An emphasis is placed on grades and talents are often overlooked. If a student has a musical ability or technical skill, for example, they have a chance to form successful careers with these skills. Ofcourse, it's still important for them to achieve good grades but they should have the opportunity to build on their talents and interests.

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[> Re: Teaching talented students -- Bryan Wilson, 17:44:51 02/14/07 Wed

I am not currently teaching in the school but it seems to me that it would be very difficult to encourage student's unique abilities with all of the mandates in the school system. I believe that some students are born with a special ability to do certain things better than others. (ie music) An individual who is gifted in music should be given the opportunity to excel in that field as well as learn the basic educational tools. I just think the school system should go beyond the call of duty because if this special ability is not nurtured it will vanish. I understand that the school system has a certain level of responsibility to get students to reach a certain point. I just don't think an exceptional kid and an average kid should be at the same level when it is said and done. I guess if I could figure out this dilemma I wouldn't be in school.

>I agree that it is a teachers duty to encourage each
>student's unique abilities but it can also be an
>overwhelming task. Schools have a curriculum that
>teachers are required to complete so teachers often
>overlook individual talents due to lack of time or
>resources. I think teachers should integrate
>activities into lesson plans and focus more on
>relating information to student's interests. By
>teaching with a variety of different methods,
>teacher's enhance student learning. I think the key is
>to be creative and get student's involved in each
>lesson. An emphasis is placed on grades and talents
>are often overlooked. If a student has a musical
>ability or technical skill, for example, they have a
>chance to form successful careers with these skills.
>Ofcourse, it's still important for them to achieve
>good grades but they should have the opportunity to
>build on their talents and interests.

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[> Re: Teaching talented students -- Emily Clark, 19:27:15 02/14/07 Wed

I agree! These talents and interests that many students have should be cultivated as much as other core subjects. Since these are the areas the student is interested in, these are the areas that they are more likely to have success in. In addition, I think that the focus on IQ scores and intelligence sometimes hurts students whose talents lie elsewhere. While the core subjects are clearly essential for students to learn in order to excel in college and/or the work force, many students may find another area they are interested in as well. Students without the opportunity to explore whether they may have talent in another area (other forms of intelligence aside from just basic reading and math--two forms most frequently looked at and tested), may feel like they can't keep up in these subjects and just aren't smart. However, with art, PE, music, foreign language and other subjects, students may discover where their talent lies.

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