Guiding Gifted Students With Engaging Books supports teachers and counselors in their facilitation of book discussions designed to guide bright young people to self-understanding through high-quality literature. This book: • Covers social-emotional issues in the lives of gifted students. • Features examples of lessons and menus of discussion questions for successful book discussions. • Includes examples of enrichment activities to extend students' learning. • Offers an annotated bibliography of children's and young adult books ideal for social-emotional learning • Reviews the research on using books to facilitate conversations about psychosocial issues. The lessons and activities are designed to support young people as they process their feelings regarding issues highlighted in the selected books and class discussion. The book examines this approach with whole classrooms as well as with small groups of students, and features considerations for special populations of gifted students, including gifted underachievers, twice-exceptional students, and culturally diverse students. About the Author Thomas P. Hébert, Ph.D., is Professor of Gifted and Talented Education in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. He has more than a decade of K-12 classroom experience working with gifted students and 25 years in higher education training graduate students and educators in gifted education. He has also conducted research for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT).
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