,.. \ -, DOCUMENT 'RESUME ED 117 885 95 Ectollii 120 Alit: 1\ AUTAOR Boston, Brucs 0., Ed. TITLE A ResOurce Anual of Information on EduAting the Gifted and Talented. ,. , INSTITUTION Council fot Exceptional Children, Reston, Va:. Information Services and Publications. SEDAS_IGEMCiliationa2.Taat..__ofEducation 3W Washin ton , D.C. r RUB DATE '75 NOTE 86p.; For related informati see EC 081 121 wgne 110r 6 3V 3 .,Z 6IA Ors Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091 3.95) EDRS PRICE NF -$0.83 HC-$4.67 Plus Pottage (. DESCRIPTORS Directoriesv*Educitional Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Exceptional Child Education; Ex'deptional Child Research; *Gifted; *Information Dissemination; Organizations (Groups) ;Prograi Planning; Publications; *Resource.Guides; Talent Identification ABSTRACT . Provided are directories of federal, state and national resources, seven papers on the state of the art;, and -inforiation on such other resources as films and state level parent orsanizations. The state of the art is examined in the following papers: "The Federal Role in the Education of the Gifted and Talented" (staff of the Office of Gifted and Talented, U.S. Office of Education) ; mEducation of.the Gifted- and Talentedl A Brief Report on-- the State of the Artu (D. jackson); "A Backward and Forward Glan6e.at the Gifted" (A. Tannenbamml; "Program Planning for4 the Giftedu (J. Runyon); "Teachers for the'Gifted" (M. Freehill); "Analyses and Identification of Giftedness in Mexican American Children: A Pilot Study" (E. Bernal); and "The National/State Leadership Training- Institute on the Gifted and Talented: A Sketch of Future; Present, and Past"(I. Sato et al). Among other resources described are approximately 70 films oft such aspects as teacher awareness and creativity. (CL) *************************************.********************************** * Documents acquired by ERIC include many infOrmal unpublished * materials-not available from other souraes. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best'copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC 'Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EbliSsis.not * * responsible for the quality of. the original document,. Reproduction * * supplied EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. * *********************************************************************** 4 -7: ' . t A Resource Manual, of . Edited by Bruce 0. Boston tz. A Product of ._ ICklearinghouseon Handicapped and Gifted Children The Council for Exceptional Childreji 1975 U S OEPARIMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRO- OUCE0 EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATE° DO NOT NECESSARILY Et EPRE- SENT OFFICIAL HATIONALINSTITUTEOF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY V , . 1"- 0 4 Published in 975 by ( The Council 'tor Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091 Library 'of Congress Catalog Card Number 75.37160 . The material in this publication was preparedpursuant to a contract with the National institute of Education, US Department of Health, Education, .and Welfar4." Coitthac- tors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouragsd tpexr press freely their judgment in professional and teanical matters. Prior to publicati?n the manuscript was submitted to The Council' for Exceptional ChildreraciNcritical view and determination of professional competence. This publication has met ch standards. Points of view, however, donot necessarily represent the ibfficial.yi w or opinions of either The Council for ExceptioniI Childrenor the National Inst. ti to of Education. -; I 9 %' , 3 Contents n ou in Note on the Contributors VI / Directories 7 Federal Resources for the Gifted and Talented 3 State Education Agency Coordinators-for the Gifted and Talented 5 / National Organizations for the Gifted and Talented 11 The State of the Art 13 The Federal Role in the Education of the Gifted and Talented USOE/OGT Staff 15 , - Education of the Gifted and Talented: A Brief Report on the State of the Art David M. Jackson 21 A Backward and Forward Glance at the Gifted Abraham J. Tannenbaum 27 Program Planning for the Gifted Joyce M. Runyon 35 Teachers for the Gifted Maurice F. Freehill Analysis and Identification of Giftedness in Mexican American Children: A Pilot Study Ernest Bernal, Jr., and - Josephine Reyna 53 The National/State Leadership Training `Institute on the Gifted and Talented: A Sketch of Its Future, Present, and Past Irving S. Sato, Wayne F. Wilson, and Winifred Luche 61 Otiher Resources 69 Appendix. of/Film Sburces 71 Gifted and Talented Education: A Topical gibliography 82 State Level Parent Organizations for the Gifted and Talented 87 iii 4 0 3 Introduction RE.SOL IMF. Manual of Information on Educat- guides. The entree_ot the_currenune ing the GOed and Talented is by its very is a series of brief articles by leaders in the move- nature a presumptuous_ document. To provide ment forpracie edunocattoionnlyotfbethnengitsttaendd. Here wkienhavoefwe , parits; ers of the gifted with a printed summary of "what's resources that practitioners have rightly come to going on" in the form of up to date resources and expect (Runyon), but also an historical overview commentary is somewhat analogous to offering a (Tannenbaum), as well as a fresh research perspec- cup of water drawn from theMississippias tive on giftedness among Mexican Americarri exemplary of what goes on in that great river from (Bernal & Reyn-a). Sato, Jackson, andtihe staff of Minneapolis to New Orleans. So, caveat lector, let the USOE Office of Gifted and Talented have of- the reader beware. There is much territory that is' fered current perspectives from their own particular neglected in this publication. crow's nests. What the reader will find are some directories of Thus we have sought to walk the tightrope federal, regional, and state education agenCies, strung between the Scylla of comprehensiveness parent and private sector resources to which they and the Charybdis of specificity. We hope that can turn as their own needs dictate. There are list- what has been presented will be useful. ingsoffilms,bibliographicalresources,and Bruce 0. Boston V 5. O J A Note on the Contributors Ernest M. Bernal, Jr...t is Professor of Bicultural and and Talented and was formerly the editor of the ..4610 aeler.awl.II Il um&eitil a&I., .a.mnf/.wimerfr_..J.4.221. Antonio. His research erests center on identifi- Josephine Reyna is currently a Teacher Corps In- cation of and programing of the culturally dif- tern in Texas and, has previously worked is a bilin- ferent gifted and talented. The report presented i gual curriculum writer for the Southwest Educa- this volume under joint authorship with Reyna ion'al Development Laboratory at Austin. was prepared tinder the auspices of the'Sout est EducationalDevelopmentLaboratory, Austi JoyRunyon is state coordinator for :gifted and Texas. talenteprograms for the Department of u- ation e -State of. Florida, and also serves as Maurice F. Freehill, ProfeSsor of Educationa4 Psy- Pr ident of Council of State DirectOis of Pro- chology at the University of Washington, has long gram r the Gid. been a leader in the movement to educate-our na- to Director of the National/ tion's gifted and talented youth. His interests and Irving S. is th insight into teacher training are reflected in his State Leaders Train' Institute on the Gifted and Talented anhas beenleader in the move- many publications in this area. His current in- ed for many years, terests lie in the area of research into different as- ment for the educat n of the or, and coultant. pects of creativity. as a teacher, administr Abraham Tannenbaum is'rofessor 'Education David M. Jackson is Associate Director of the ERIC ateachers College, Columbia Universit.His re- Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Chil- search -and -- publications -in- the - field- -of -gift--and - ' dren a&I Executive Director of the National/State talented education have, spanned a generatioof Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and educators to whom he continues to provide leade Talented. ship and insight. e Jcinifred Luchi,is a staff writer for the National/ Wayne P. Wilson is a graduate student in litera- State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted ture at the University of California, Berkeley. - 6 O Federal-Resources for the Gifted and Talented Office of Gifted and Talented Region IV: Alabama, ,Florida,Georgia,Ken- -OffizEirf-Gifreftrd-rleia rfatt Carolina, Tennessee US Office of Education 7th and "W' Streets, S.W. / Ms. Ellen Lyles Washington, D.C. 20202 Program Officer . (202)245-2482 US Office off' Education, Region IV 50 Seventh Street,'N.E., Room 555 QThe Office of Gifted and Talented was estab- Atlanta, Georgia 30323 (404) 526'971 lishedrin response tc1,the findings of the 1971 Report to Congress, Education of the Gifted and Talented, RegionV: Illinois,Indiana,Michigan,.Min- by the then Commissioner of Education, Sidney P. nesota, Ohio, Wisconsin Marland, Jr. The office coordinatesgederal Mr. Richard H. Naber ship in the education of the gifted-and talented. US Office of Education, Regi6n V Each of the ten regional offices of the US Office HEW-0E132nd Floor of Education has personnel With assigned responsi- 300 South Wacker drive bilities in the area of the education of the gifted/ and Chicago, Illinois 60606 talented.