Understanding Learners with High Ability and their Affective and Moral Needs (Classroom, Asynchronous and Synchronous E-Learning)
About This Course
This course provides educators, support staff and counsellors, particularly those working directly with children and their parents with working knowledge and skills to educate and support High Ability Learners (HALs). Learners in this course will learn to identify the characteristics of HALs and their affective and moral needs and how they differ qualitatively from other learners. The course will also introduce theories of intelligence and how they apply to HALs. Learners in this course will therefore be equipped with approaches to identify HALs and develop learning delivery activities for these learners. They will also analyse current services across all segments and implement collaborative practices to provide caregiving and education to meet the needs of HALs.
What You'll Learn
1. List educational and socio-emotional characteristics of High Ability Learners (HALs).
2. Describe models and conceptions of giftedness and how these drive learning delivery activities to facilitate learning experiences, educational programming and provisions, knowledge transfer and skills application for HALs.
3. Identify common myths about the social and emotional functioning of gifted people and explain the trends in research from 1900-the present.
4. Describe HALs’ motivational and volitional strengths as sources of productive behaviors as well as underachievement and dual exceptionalities using available empirical literature.
5. Evaluate issues pertinent to providing suitable learning experiences for high ability learners and developing self-regulation.
6. Compare and contrast current services and perspectives across all segments and implement collaborative practices to provide caregiving and education that will meet the needs of all children in their organisation.