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 * Education 591** is the basic survey course in the education of gifted and talented students. This course provides the historical and philosophical background for the field and the rationales for gifted education. The course focuses on characteristics, needs, problems, development patterns, and accomdations for gifted and talented students including special groups within the population. Current regulations and best practices governing gifted and talented programs, identification, curriculum and instruction, and program models will be presented.

**Education 592** is designed to prepare the teacher to organize and deliver appropriate curriculum for gifted and talented students. Teachers will explore curriculum models, instructional strategies, and assessments to meet the needs and abilities of gifted and talented students. Current technology will be employed in researching and writing units and lesson plans.Students will be introduced to a variety of instructional strategies and theoretical models that are particularly suited to the development of units and differentiated curriculum for academically and artistically gifted students. Students will explore and practice a variety of strategies appropriate for developing the cognitive, creative, and affective abilities of gifted students. They will apply these strategies in designing and teaching model lessons. Copies of these lessons will be shared with the group so that each student will have an extensive portifolio of lessons designed around thematic units of study.