In this single volume, a range of top experts discuss and examine their arguments for and against the inclusion of gifted learners, challenging the assumptions that educational inclusion relates only to those pupils with learning difficulties.

Part 1: What Does Inclusion Mean for the Gifted and Talented? 1. Principles of Inclusion: Implications for Able Learners 2. Inequality in Equity: Tackling the Excellence – Equality Conundrum 3. Can ‘Inclusion’ Work for the Gifted and Talented? 4. The Early Years Setting – An Inclusive Framework 5. Are We Nearly There Yet? Part 2: Can Selective Interventions be Inclusive? 6. Submerged Talent in Inner-Cities: Inclusion by Intervention 7. Maximising Potential…both Academic and Social Emotional 8. To Group or Not to Group: Is That the Question? Part 3: What Can Ordinary Schools Do to Promote Inclusion for Gifted and Talented Learners? 9. Accommodating Gifted Learners in Regular Classrooms: Promises and Pitfalls 10. Structured Tinkering: Improving Provision for the Gifted and Talented 11. Double Exceptionality: Gifted Children with Special Educational Needs, What Ordinary Schools Can Do to Promote Inclusion 12. A Curriculum of Opportunity: Developing Potential into Performance

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