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Able, Gifted
and Talented students
Support for G&T students in the post-16 Sector
By 2010 the government intends 50% of 18-30 year olds to
attend university. The national Aimhigher programme has been
designed to drive this ambition forward. Since 2001 a variety
of innovative events and activities has taken place with
the aim of raising the aspirations of young people and widening
participation in higher education.
Many able, gifted and talented children from families with
no history of higher education have already benefited from
Aimhigher activities, and this group continues to represent
a key focus for the programme. Such students studying beyond
age 16 may need a dedicated combination of support and activities,
for example in the form of masterclasses, mentoring and curriculum
enrichment, to help them achieve their full potential.
Local 14-19 partnerships now offer increased curriculum
flexibility and a wider range of learning opportunities to
able, gifted and talented students (as well as others).This
widening choice and variety should allow students to display
and explore new gifts and talents as they progress through
their post-16 studies and into higher education.
Some able, gifted and talented learners will want to follow
a more vocational route to higher education. Oxford Brookes
University was commissioned by the DfES in 2003/4 to develop
and deliver a workshop for co-ordinators and teachers of
gifted and talented vocational students in post-16 education.
The one-day workshop, ‘From Potential to Performance’,
focused on the educational and support needs of these young
people. Click here for the materials from this workshop.
If you are an Aimhigher Co-ordinator or Head of Post-16,
or have a professional interest in this area, you may find
it useful initially to consult:
Click here for a briefing on supporting able, gifted and
talented students in post-16 education. |
Click
here for a diagram giving weblinks to agencies providing
support for able, gifted and talented students in the 14-19 age
group.
‘From Potential to Performance' workshop
Oxford Brookes University was recently commissioned
by the DfES to develop and deliver a workshop for co-ordinators
and teachers of gifted and talented vocational students in post-16
education. The one-day workshop, ‘From Potential to Performance’,
focused on the educational and support needs of these young people
and included sessions on:
- identifying talent and ability in the vocational area
- developing general and subject-specific learning skills
- designing learning experiences
- pastoral support, guidance and access issues.
The materials, information and examples
of good practice generated by this workshop are now available
on cpdgifted. Click on the following links.
- Session 1: Talent
and ability in vocational areas: What is it and how do we recognise
it?
- Session 2: Skills
for learning
- Session 3: Designing
learning experiences
- Session 4: Other
issues in access, opportunity and support
Two reports on 'Learning Styles for Post 16 Learners' are available
from the website of the Learning and Skills Research Centre (LSRC):
http://www.lsrc.ac.uk
- For a review of the research literature on learning styles,
quote reference number LSRC 477a.
- For a report on the implications research has for teaching practice,
quote reference number LSRC 478b.
As this area of the website develops, we will also include additional
materials of more specific relevance to the Aimhigher Co-ordinator’s
role, and to gifted and talented issues in 14-19 provision in general.
Aimhigher Co-ordinators may find the professional
development material and Launchpad
briefings helpful as background context to school-based gifted
and talented provision.
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