Valued Actions and Identities of Giftedness in a Mathematical Camp

Heyd-Metzuyanim, Einat; Hess-Green, Rachel

doi:10.1007/s10763-019-10013-4

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“…Curricula and educators have a significant responsibility in nurturing and providing opportunities for all students to develop their STEM talent, identity, and achievement (Collins et al, 2019;Heyd-Metzuyanim & Hess-Green, 2020). Evidence of curricular provisions and attention to the needs of highly able learners was not explicit in the different aspects of the mathematics and science national curriculum.…”

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Investigating the status of highly able students through the lens of the Lebanese national policy and the mathematics and science centralized curricula and textbooks

2023

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Very few Lebanese students have been able to perform at the highest level in mathematics and science in TIMSS, leading to the belief that current curricula and/or pedagogies are not supporting our highly able students to realize their potentials. In this research, we investigate how the national Policy documents and the mathematics and science centralized curricula, and textbooks address the needs of highly able students. Teachers’ perceptions and role in providing for the educational needs of highly able is also examined. Through qualitative methods, the following data sources were used to address the research aim: policy document analysis, curriculum analysis, and teacher interviews. Findings indicated no specific policy for highly able students in Lebanon and little evidence of curricular provisions and attention to the needs of highly able learners in the mathematics and science national curricula and textbooks. The resultant data also provided important insights into the limited knowledge of teachers in the area of supporting highly able learners. The findings of the current study will inform the efforts of the policy makers and the Ministry of Education faced with the challenge of effectively educating their most able students.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%