Adapting Schools to Gifted Students' Needs: Collaborative Strategies Between Scientific Research and School Practice

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Strategies for Improving and Increasing Diversity in Gifted Education (Table 1)

Abstract

In the German school development project known as LemaS, researchers and school practitioners collaborated at eye-level to develop, apply, and review adaptive methods and instruments that can be used to enhance gifted education and shape individual school improvement processes. Results from field observations, questionnaire surveys, and focus groups offer new insights into school improvement processes and help to identify supporting and hindering factors. A particular focus was set on the roles of collaborating researchers and school members in these processes. It is discussed in what ways the findings allow to deduct lasting and transferable models of scientific assistance in school improvement projects and of beneficial research-practice collaborations.

Authors

• Frederik Ahlgrimm, Humboldt University - Berlin
  Presenting Author

• Ricarda Albrecht, Humboldt University - Berlin
  Presenting Author