Teaching Gifted

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Education

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(1) A bachelor’s or higher degree with certification in an academic class coverage; and,(2) Fifteen (15) semester hours in gifted education to include three (3) semester hours in each area specified below:(a) Nature and needs of gifted students to include student characteristics; cognitive, social, and emotional needs; and history and current research; (b) Curriculum and instructional strategies for teaching gifted students to include modification of curriculum content, instructional process, student products, and learning environment; (c) Guidance and counseling of gifted students to include motivation, self-image, interpersonal skills, and career options for gifted students; (d) Educating special populations of gifted students such as minorities, underachievers, handicapped, economically disadvantaged, and highly gifted to include student characteristics and programmatic adaptations; (e) Theory and development of creativity to include elements of creativity such as fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.