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GIFTED EDUCATION & CREATIVITY

 

Celebrating Gifts & Talents
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9184

Washington, D.C. : National Association for Gifted Children, c1998

1 VHS (9 min.)

Video features talented and gifted youth and provides an overview of the educational needs of gifted and talented students that can be used in a number of group settings.

Gifted children -- Education -- United States


Creative Beginnings
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9149

New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Pub. Inc., c1991
1 VHS (59 min.)

Series: The Creative Spirit, no. 2
Looks at how adult creativity is formed by childhood experiences and asks whether we are crushing or liberating the creativity of our children. Examines new teaching techniques to encourage creativity. Explores creativity in the home with suggestions for avoiding "creativity killers."

Subject Creative ability
Creative ability in children


Creativity & Leadership: Making the Mind Extraordinary

Memorial Hall-ETMC 153.35 Cre
Memorial-ETMC-AHRD AHRD 105
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7573 + Guide (43 p.)

Los Angeles, CA : Into the Classroom Media, 1998
1 VHS (50 min.)
Produced in cooperation with Harvard Project Zero, this video is Howard Gardner's exclusive video presentation of his revolutionary new psychology of extraordinariness. Based on over 15 years of research, Gardner's presentation offers seminal new insights into the origins of creativity and leadership, and represents the culmination of his work in such writings as Multiple Intelligences, Frames of Mind, Leading Minds, Creating Minds, and Extraordinary Minds -- container.

Creative ability
Creative thinking
Leadership


Differentiated Instruction

JMU Media Resources Videotape no. 9157 - 9158

Port Chester, NY : National Professional Resources, Inc., c2003
2 VHS (100 min.) + 1 viewer's guide (76 p.)
Series: Differentiated Instructional Practice Series (DIPS)
The goal of the videos is to assist teachers to tailor their instructional practices to ensure the success of all students.

Individualized instruction
Inclusive education -- United States
Special education -- United States
Gifted children -- United States


Differentiated Instruction with Small Group Activities

Media Resources Videotape no.9287
Media Resources Videotape no.9287 GUIDE

Gainesville, Fla. : Teacher Education Resources, 2000
1 VHS (30 min.) + 1 manual (39 p.)
An activities package modeled after actual staff development workshops conducted by Paul George. Teachers learn to add instructional differentiation, to supplement their regular teaching tactics, without abandoning what already works for them.

Small groups
Active learning -- Planning
Teachers -- Training of
Differentiated instruction


The Gifted Child

JMU Media Resouces DVD 3191

Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Bloomington, Ill. : Meridian Education Corporation, c1997
1 DVD-R (24 min.)

Gifted children -- Identification
Gifted children -- Education


Great Expectations: Prodigies, Gifted Children & Your Kid

JMU Media Resources DVD 3183

~Connect to online video (JMU users)~

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c1988
1 DVD (52 min.)
This program examines the problems and privileges of brilliant children who are gifted with intellectually mature minds, yet are still physically and often emotionally immature, and the social consequences of being exceptionally intelligent.

Genius
Gifted children
Intellect
Intelligence tests


I Can Fly: Kids and Creativity

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8755

Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video Inc., c2000
1 VHS (24 min.)
Explores the creative process in art, music, pottery, and dance, featuring a variety of artists and theatrical troupes. Designed to spark the creativity in "kids of all ages."

Creative ability in children

Arts

Artists


Identifying Populations of Gifted Minority Students

Media Resources Videotape no.9289
Media Resources Videotape no.9289 GUIDE

Mobile, AL : GCT Inc., c1994
1 VHS (42 min.) + 1 discussion guide
Series: Programming to the Gifted from Minority Populations, pt. 1
Dr. Alexinia Y. Baldwin discusses strategies for identifying populations of gifted minority students.

Gifted children -- Education
Minority youth -- Education


Intelligence, Creativity and Thinking Styles

JMU Media Resources DVD 3184

~Connect to online video (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2005
1 DVD-R (29 min.)
Robert Sternberg discusses the components of intelligence.

Intellect
Cognitive styles
Creative thinking


Killing Creativity: Are Schools or Parents to Blame?
Media Resources DVD 4308

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008
1 DVD-R (ca. 60 min.)
Series: Child of Our Time, 2007
If we're all born with creative potential, why do many children lose their inventive tendencies as they grow? This program observes 25 seven-year-olds and their families in order to study childhood creativity, why it frequently fades, and why it matters -- container.

Creative ability in children
Imagination in children
Children -- Great Britain -- Longitudinal studies
Child development -- Longitudinal studies


The Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children

Media Resources DVD 4587

Scottsdale, Ariz.: Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted, [2005]
1 DVD-R (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Discusses the misdiagnosis of gifted children, who are often misdiagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Gifted children -- Identification
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis
Diagnostic errors


Multiple Intelligences: Discovering the Giftedness in All

Media Resources Videotape no.9279

Port Chester, NY : National Professional Resources, c1997

1 VHS (44 min.)
Teachers, administrators and authors share their views and experiences related to multiple intelligences for the purpose of enhancing the learning process and discovering the giftedness in all children.

Multiple intelligences
Learning
Cognitive styles
Cognition in children
Educational psychology
Educational videos


Multiple Intelligences and Mindmapping

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.5523

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1997, c1996

1 VHS (39 min.)
Describes cooperative learning concepts and focuses on the importance of encouraging each student to achieve. Discusses the role of rating scales as part of the assessment process, along with effective ways television can be used in math and science curriculums.

Group work in education
Educational innovations
Active learning


MI Millennium: Multiple Intelligences for the New Millennuim

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7481

Los Angeles, CA : Into the Classroom Media, c2002
1 VHS (ca. 48 min.) + 1 guide (44 p. )
Lecture by Howard Gardner presenting new ideas, new directions, and new implications for the MI theory. Recent work on performance-based assessment, education for understanding and the use of MI to achieve personalized curriculum, instruction and assessment are also presented. Contents: Who owns intelligence? -- A new view -- The 9 intelligences? -- The 3 axes of intelligence -- MI in practice : individualization & assessment -- Disciplinary understanding : entry points -- Intelligence in the new millennium -- Intelligence & ethics: good work.

Multiple intelligences
Cognitive styles
Educational psychology
Intellect
Learning
Education -- Philosophy


The Parallel Curriculum [Kit]: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development
JMU Media Resources Kit no.35

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin : National Association for Gifted Children, 2002-2005
Contents: Items include: 1. Book, 2002. "The parallel curriculum: a design to develop high potential and challenge high-ability learners" (270 p.) -- 2. Video, VHS, 2003 , "The parallel curriculum video for staff development" (45 min.) -- 3. Facilitator's guide, 2005, (54 p.) -- DVD, 2005, "The parallel curriculum featuring Carol Ann Tomlinson" (45 min.).

Gifted children -- Education -- Curricula
Curriculum planning


The Parallel Curriculum Video for Staff Development

Media Resources Videotape no.9286

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press ; [S.l.] : National Association for Gifted Children, c2004
1 VHS (ca. 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
The parallel curriculum model offers teachers a mechanism to deal with advanced complex curriculum matter and to present the curriculum in challenging ways for all students.

Gifted children -- Education -- Curricula
Curriculum planning


Refining Concepts

2005   20 minutes  ASCD

In this program an eighth grade teacher uses linguistic and nonlinguistic strategies to deepen her gifted students' understanding of new vocabulary.

On Order - Check LEO, Library Catalog for title.


The Search for Intelligence

JMU Media Resources DVD 3356

Pasadena, CA : Intelecom, c2006

1 DVD-R (27 min.)
Series: Inside out, 14
Note "Correlated to the texts Psychology and Psychology in modules by David G. Myers" -- container.
This program presents several theories of intelligence, including triarchic theory, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligence.

Intellect


SuperKids

Media Resources DVD 4331

Toronto : Kineticvideo.com, c2004
1 DVD-R (45 min.)
"This documentary offers a personal exploration of the rarefied, hectic and suprisingly competitive world of gifted children" -- container.

Gifted children -- British Columbia
Educational acceleration -- British Columbia
Documentary film


 



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