Excellence at the Cost of Social Justice? Negotiating and Balancing Priorities in Gifted Education

Autor/in	Dai, David Yun
Titel	Excellence at the Cost of Social Justice? Negotiating and Balancing Priorities in Gifted Education
Quelle	In: Roeper Review, 35 (2013) 2, S.93-101 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-3193
DOI	10.1080/02783193.2013.766961
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Excellence in Education; Gifted; Efficiency; Disproportionate Representation; Court Litigation; Admission Criteria; Identification; Social Differences; Equal Education; Track System (Education); High Achievement; Selection Criteria; Elementary School Students; High School Students; Michigan; New York; Otis Lennon School Ability Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Lernerfolg; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Rechtsstreit; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Sozialer Unterschied; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Gifted education is often faulted as compromising the principle of equity and perpetuating social inequalities. This article focuses on making gifted education socially defensible and educationally productive. To accomplish this goal, key values and priorities guiding policy and practice, such as excellence, selectivity, diversity, equity and social equality, and efficiency or educational productivity, must be endorsed. To understand how these issues have been dealt with, several cases and examples that have a bearing on how to negotiate and balance these values and priorities without resorting to radical, dogmatic positions are discussed. Finally, several recommendations for practice that will help resolve the tension between excellence, selectivity, and efficiency on the one hand and diversity, equity, and social equality on the other are made. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10