Dea Manotas , Shea Criss , Carolina Groom, Pam Reynolds

1. Cultural Diversity in Gifted Education DeaManotas, Shea Criss, Carolina Groom, Pam Reynolds

2. Cultural Diversity in Gifted Education • Cultural diversity in gifted education includes:_________ ___________, ___________ __________,____________ ______________, and Asian American.

3. Factors for Underrepresentation of Minority Students (African American, Hispanic, and Native American) • Family Factors • __________ Factors • School Culture Factors • Psychological Factors • __________ Achievement • Language

4. Family Factors • Stressful home life • ________ _________ home • Lack of Parental education • Low________________ __________ • Lack of supervision • Poor ________________ between home and school • Family history of _______-______ • Low or unrealistic expectations

5. Social Factors • Little or no__________________ ________________ • Socialize with low achieving students • Need for_______________ ____________ • Student lives in one or more risk factors (poverty, single parent family, and _____________ __________ parents)

6. School Culture Factors • Low expectations • _____________ from classmates and teachers • Little attention given to _____________ education • Minority students are underrepresented in ____________ ___________

7. Psychological Factors • Low or lack of ____________ • Negative school attitude • Poor relations with authority/adult figures • Low _________-__________ • Poor racial identity • Low academic self concepts • Needs ___________________ ___________________

8. Student Achievement • Low grades or _______ • Low standardized test scores • Little or no effort given to academics • _______________ ______________ • Procrastination • Poor ________ _______

9. Cultural Bias • Lack of vocabulary • ______________and ___________ • Bilingual lifestyles between school and home • Standardized test written for white middle class • Background _______________ • Low teacher expectations

10. Enrollment Comparisons (Source: Office for Civil Rights in Losen & Orfield, 2002)

11. Overrepresented • While minorities are underrepresented in the gifted program, the Asian population is often____________________. However, they are often under identified in ______________ education.

12. Bibliography • http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/winter05/winter052.html • http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/newsletter/winter05/winter053.html • http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/tag/Digests/e544.html • http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/reports/rm04186/rm04186.pdf • http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=656 • http://www.jkcf.org/assets/files/0000/0084/Achievement_Trap.pdf • http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/Overlooked%20Gems%20(password%20protected%20-%20gifted).pdf • http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/frashun1.html • http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Identifying_Talents/ • http://www.slideserve.com/engelbert/minority-children-in-special-and-gifted-education • http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=527110 • http://www.sengifted.org/archives/article_category/diversityspecial-populations-of-gifted • http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e544.html