Objectives
Students completing the Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Gifted Education) will be able to: * critically analyse and evaluate comtemporary theories of gifted and talented learning and development, their relevance for teaching practice and education; * develop and implement relevant selection and assessment procedures that are supported by current research in gifted and talented learning; * comprehend , analyse and apply emotional and social influences on gited and talented learning; * comprehend and use developmental trends (cognitive, metacognitive, affective and social) in the emergence of giftedness and talent; * develop and implement relevant selesction and assessment procedures that are supported by current research in gifted and talented learning; * recommend appropriate instructional and pedagogic procedures; and * evaluate the effectiveness of assessment and education programmes intended for use with gifted learners from a contemporary research base; * critically analyse and evaluate contemporary curricula and programs in terms of their relevance for teaching practice and education with gifted and talented students, * develop procedures for curriculum and program evaluation that take account of how students who are gifted learn, * evaluate and recommend selectively a range of differentiation structures. * apply curriculum differentiation procedures to curriculum, * develop, implement and evaluate a range of approaches and procedures for matching gifted and talented learners with curriculum * recommend appropriate instructional and pedagogic procedures. * understand, critically analyse and evaluate contemporary theories of creativity across the life span * identify the psychological processes involved in creativity, developmental trends in creativity and its domain-specific base, understand the links between creativity and personality * identify the conditions necessary for fostering creative thinking and learning * develop and evaluate procedures for assessing both creative potential and the level of creativity of out comes and for monitoring the gradual emergence of creative products and processes * identify strategies for fostering creative thinking in curriculum implementation and pedagogy practice * evaluate the effectiveness of assessment procedures and education programmes intended to foster creativity in students.
