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Course Description

challenge your brightest students

Hundreds of ways to challenge your best and brightest - through REAL extension!

  • Connect your students to the world

  • Tease their brains

  • Solve real-world problems

  • Get philosophical

  • Organise personal learning quests

  • Learn and apply objective thinking skills

  • "Is that ethical"?  Dilemmas to bust their mind

  • Unlock their creativity by using the subconscious and putting them in control

  • Test their general knowledge

  • Push their personal presentation skills

 Plus competitions and resources that will unlock your students' full potential.


Audience

- Teachers of Years 5 to 10

- Gifted and Talented teachers

- Teachers with very bright students

 - English teachers


Teaching Standards

1.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students: Use teaching strategies based on knowledge of students’ physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics to improve student learning

1.5.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities: Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

2.1.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities

2.2.2 Proficient Level - Know the content and how to teach it - Content selection and organisation: Organise content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

3.4.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Select and use resources: Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning


$  329 + GST - Individual Enrolment
$1250 + GST - Team Enrolment


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"This course was fantastic as Ron Thomas was an interesting and engaging presenter and the course was aimed at practical resources which made it extremely relevant and applicable. The quality was high as the suggested activities were inspiring and germane. I would recommend this course to any teacher who would like to extend the brightest students in their classes. The course completely fulfilled expectations and its description. "

- Jean Burton, The Illawarra Grammar School


"This course encouraged me to think well beyond what I have in regards to encouraging gifted students. To have someone with such specific expertise delivering this course really helped me consider how I can insert these practical tasks in my own classroom."

- Liz Coolican, James Sheahan Catholic High School

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1 - Introduction

    • Aims and Objectives

    • Introduction

    • Teaching the Talented - Course Handout
  • 2

    Module 2 - Theory

    • Blooms' and Gardiner's - 48 Grid Matrix

    • 48 Grid Matrix - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander based

    • Elaboration of Matrix

    • Elaboration of Matrix - PDF

    • Thinking Toolbox: A - Z of Thinking Tools

    • KHWL Chart

    • Strategies and Tools for Group Processing

    • 5 W's Chart

    • Diamond Ranking Template

    • Practical Ideas

    • Thinking Skills and Thinking Tools

    • Task - Reflection on Theory
  • 3

    Module 3 - Connect to the World

    • Flat Connections Global Project

    • iEARN - International Education and Resource Network

    • Wiki Editing

    • iEARN - Global Novel

    • Connect them to the World - Notes

    • Task - Reflection on Connect to the World
  • 4

    Module 4 - Get Philosophical

    • Ethics and Philosophical Dilemmas

    • The Fight - Thinking Stories 3 - PDF

    • Fire at the Louvre - Activity

    • Fire at the Louvre - Activity Sheet

    • Ranking/Reason Activity - Template

    • The most important Philosophical Questions

    • Philosophical Questions - PDF

    • Socratic Dialogue

    • Task - Reflection on 'Get Philosophical'
  • 5

    Module 5 - Tease their Brains

    • Tease their Brains

    • Tease their Brains - PDF

    • Developing Programs in Science for Gifted and Talented Students - PDF

    • Unlock their Creativity

    • Unlock Creativity - PDF

    • Unlock the Subconscious

    • Unlock Subconscious - PDF

    • Task - Reflect on 'Tease their Brains'
  • 6

    Module 6 - Objective Thinking Skills

    • Think Tank Race - Activity

    • Think Tank Race - Instructions

    • THINK TANK RACE - Template

    • Think Tank Race - Force Field Analysis

    • The Thinking Skills

    • Eight Thinking Scenarios

    • Task - Reflect on Objective Thinking Skills
  • 7

    Module 7 - Great Ideas for Extending Students

    • Solve Real World Problems

    • Journey to Inquiry

    • Developing General Knowledge

    • Personal Presentation Skills

    • Debating

    • Public Speaking

    • Advanced Writing Skills

    • Task - Reflect on Extending Students
  • 8

    Module 8 - Setting up a Gifted Program

    • Setting up a Gifted Program - PDF

    • Developing Programs in Science for Gifted and Talented Students

    • Pupils who are talented in Music are likely to...

    • Pupils who are talented in Art and Design are likely to...

    • Pupils talented in PE are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in Design and Technology are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in English are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in mathematics are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in science are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in modern foreign languages are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in ICT are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in history are likely to...

    • Pupils who are gifted in geography are likely to...
  • 9

    Module 9 - Resources and Conclusion

    • Resources

    • Year 7 Enrichment Program Course Outline

    • Year 8 Enrichment Program Course Outline

    • Year 9 Challenge

    • Moral Dilemmas - YEAR 8 ENRICHMENT OUTCOME 1_ A SOCRATIC ARGUMENT
  • 10

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

Do you teach in NSW? If so, this is relevant to you:

This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.

 

Presenter

Ron Thomas

Ron Thomas

Australia wide Facilitator and Key note speaker for various Teacher Training providers in the Australian Curriculum, English, Writing, Drama and Debating. Facilitator for G.A.T.E.WAYS gifted and talented students programs nationwide. Author of ‘Engaging Students in Drama’ Phoenix Education. Workshop presenter for VATE and Drama Victoria. My business runs seminars in Public Speaking, Leadership and Debating skills for students. I also run in school seminars for staff in the above plus English in the Australian Curriculum. Published Feature writer and poet.

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