Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ555545
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Pearls in Shells: Preparing Teachers To Accommodate Gifted Low Income Populations.
Begoray, Deborah; Slovinsky, Kathryn
Roeper Review, v20 n1 p45-49 Sep-Oct 1997
Discusses the special challenges presented to classroom teachers in identifying low income, gifted students and describes an independent field study conducted by a preservice teacher in a school with an at-risk population. Concludes that improved teacher attitudes could be fostered by applying educational theory to classroom practice as a component of teacher preparation. (LC)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, At Risk Persons, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies, Gifted Disadvantaged, Poverty, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Needs Students, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Expectations of Students, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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