Gifted Education In the 21st Century

a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
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EDUCATOR RESEARCHER
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 21st
A NEW Creating
Century
Skills? HOPE Alliance
1977
A long time ago in a school far,
far away...
Benjamin
Bloom
1913 - 1999
 E. Paul
Torrance
1915 - 2003
 Julian
Stanley
1918 - 2005
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p21.org
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 “The Nation that
dramatically and boldly
led the world into the
age of technology is
failing to provide its
own children with the
intellectual tools
needed for
the 21st century.”
Our children could be
STRAGGLERS
in a world of technology.
WE MUST
NOT
LET THIS
HAPPEN
 AMERICA
MUST NOT
BECOME
AN INDUSTRIAL DINOSAUR
WE MUST NOT
provide our children
a 1960s education
for a 21st Century WORLD.
SepTE M BER 12

1983
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Learning and Innovation Skills

Creativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Communication and Collaboration

=
 Creativity &
Innovation

1. Apply existing knowledge to generate new

ideas, products, or processes.

2. Create original works as a means of

personal or group expression.

3. Use models and simulations to explore

complex systems and issues.

4. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

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Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)
If your students can

the answer, then you

may be asking the
wrong question.
“Intelligence in the
age of the Internet,
where you're as only
smart as how quickly
you can use your
smart phone.”
bit.ly/renzulliempire
 Keep
technology in
the hands of
students
Why  Do  We  Ask  
Kids  To  UNPLUG  
At  School?
DID
80%
Tear down
the wall
We welcome change
and openness;
for we believe that
freedom and security
go together,
that the advance of
human liberty can
only strengthen the
cause of world
peace.
RE:Search
 “Every man
should have a
built-in
automatic
crap detector
operating
inside of him.”

-- Ernest Hemingway
NEW LITERACIES
newliteracies.uconn.edu/
IDENTIFY Important Questions
LOCATE Information
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
SYNTHESIZE Information
COMMUNICATE Answers
I
RE:Connect
1. Don't be afraid to fall in love with
something and pursue it with intensity.
2. Know, understand, take pride in,
practice, develop, exploit and enjoy your
greatest strengths.
3. Learn to free yourself from the
expectations of others and to walk away
from the games they impose on you.
Free yourself to play your own game.
4. Find a great teacher or mentor who will
help you.
5. Don't waste energy trying to be well
rounded.
6. Do what you love and can do well.

7. Learn the skills of

interdependence.
The whole process of
education should
thus be conceived as
the process of
learning to think
through the
solution of real
problems.

-- John Dewey, 1938

 Real World Problems
Academic Rigor
Technology Integration
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Re:Create
 Plugging Into
Creative Outlets
Brian C. Housand
Angela M. Housand

Gifted Education
Communicator
Spring 2011
Vol. 42, No. 1
Pianos
NOT
Stereos (Resnick, 1996)
THE COMPUTER IS MY INSTRUMENT.

will.i.am
20%
 Computers
serve best
when they
allow
everything
to change.
(Papert, 1993)
Think GLOBAL
ACT Local
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Advocating For
Gifted
Education
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Gifted Education In the 21st Century

a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
brianhousand.com

bit.ly/vagifted2012