[senco-forum] Gifted and Talented-PLASC

identify the gifted and talented?

Well said, Mary.  Many years ago, in the early days of steam radio, there
was a Q&A programme on the then Home Service, one of the team being an
academic named Professor Joad (or similar - at this distance I'm not
entirely sure!).  His response to most questions was
"It depends what you mean by .....".

In terms of G&T - not the drink - it really does depend what the
terminology means and that could be a source of discussion and argument
going on for years and getting nowhere!  As Mary writes, we need to
provide opportunities for all children to be stretched and stimulated. 
That was the stated aim of my PCGE training in the early 70s; now we just
seem to be buried under mountains of pointless paperwork that doesn't
stimulate us, never mind the children.

Regards

Jean - who is thoroughly enjoying retirement by shredding old paperwork
and not accumulating any new stuff!

 Am I alone in having a real problem with the whole idea that teachers can
> identify the gifted and talented?
> Michael Flatley was always told off by his teachers for daydreaming ...
> about starting a dance troupe.
> Einstein's teachers believed he was educationally subnormal.
> Billy Connolly's teachers thought he was a behaviour problem.
> Stephen Fry was a kleptomaniac and got himself the wrong side of the law
> whilst still at school.
> Jamie Oliver felt he was a real numbskull at school because he had to go
> to
> a special unit.
> Eric Clapton was thrown out of Art School.
> I think we may be able to identify the bookish kids, even perhaps the ones
> whose special interest/talent surfaces early and is lucky enough to find
> an
> outlet .... but then I have a real problem with labelling in all its
> forms,
> "good" labels as well as "bad".
> Isn't our job to ensure that ALL children are fully stretched and
> stimulated
> and given opportunities?
>
> What does everyone else think?
>
> Mary K (because I see we have a few Marys now)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jean Dowding
> Sent: 10 January 2008 14:17
> To: Mary Dowson
> Cc: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Gifted and Talented-PLASC
>
> A couple of years ago there was something about identifying Gifted and
> Talented on the DfES - as it then was - website.  I don't know whether
> there is still something useful under the new acronym; it might be worth a
> try!
>
> Regards
>
> Jean
>
>
>
>  Have been told that children identified as Gifted and Talented are now to
>> be recorded on the PLASC data.
>>
>> How are others identifying children in Key Stage 1? It all seems to be a
>> bit random and inconsistent....
>>
>> Mary
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