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Willcocks, Madelaine Armstrong – Kairaranga, 2017
Student agency is a hot topic in education in New Zealand at the moment. Future-focused learning and innovative learning environments seem to focus on student agency, but what does 'agency' actually mean? What does it look like for gifted students? And how do teachers to develop it in their students? In response to these questions, this position…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Student Empowerment, Skill Development
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O'Brien, Jilly; Riley, Tracy; Holley-Boen, Wendy – Kairaranga, 2016
Priority learners in New Zealand include those who have special educational needs, yet gifted learners with multiple exceptionalities are variably identified, understood or provided for in our schools. International research advocates the use of interprofessional practice (IPP) teams, with competency across shared values, roles and…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Teamwork, Ability Identification, Talent Identification
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Bate, Joanne; Clark, Deb; Riley, Tracy – Kairaranga, 2012
Gifted students have different learning, social and emotional needs to their peers. The needs of some gifted students can be met within their mainstream school. Other gifted students need learning, social and emotional support beyond the school gates. The New Zealand Ministry of Education (2000) advocates for a continuum of provisions for gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Student Attitudes, Alumni, Foreign Countries
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Page, Angela – Kairaranga, 2006
The Ministry of Education (2000) handbook, "Gifted and talented students: Meeting their needs in New Zealand Schools" requires each school to show they are identifying and catering for their gifted and talented students. The terms "gifted" and "talented" represent a range of diverse special abilities rather than…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Foreign Countries, Talent Development, Academically Gifted
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Macfarlane, Angus; Moltzen, Roger – Kairaranga, 2005
The importance of identifying and nurturing the gifts and talents of young people is now more widely accepted in New Zealand than it has been in the past. In this country the approach to meeting this challenge must reflect an understanding and acknowledgement of Maori conceptions of giftedness and talent. It is proposed here that the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Pacific Islanders, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations