ERIC Number: ED002156
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1962-Mar
Pages: 92
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THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE (5TH, MEMPHIS, MARCH 22, 23, AND 24, 1962).
LUCITO, LEONARD J.; OWENSBY, NONA E.
THE GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE WERE TO AROUSE THE INTEREST OF COMMUNITIES IN TENNESSEE AND THE MID-SOUTH IN THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED, TO INFORM BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND LAY PEOPLE ABOUT CURRENT THEORY AND PRACTICES IN THIS AREA OF EDUCATION, TO SUGGEST SPECIFIC PILOT PROJECTS FOR LAY GROUPS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THEIR BOARDS OF EDUCATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE LONG-RANGE PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPING THE ACADEMIC POTENTIAL OF TALENTED CHILDREN. FIFTEEN MAJOR SPEECHES WERE PRESENTED AND WERE CATEGORIZED AS FOLLOWS--KEYNOTE ("EDUCATION FOR EXCELLENCE," BY EDWARD MCCARDY, AND "THE CHALLENGE OF EXCELLENCE,"BY ALFRED I. DAVIES), CHARACTERISTICS AND IDENTIFICATION ("NATURE AND NEEDS OF THE GIFTED," BY WILLARD ABRAHAM, "CREATIVITY," BY LAURENCE DERIDDER, AND "IDENTIFICATION AND TESTING," BY ERNEST MCDANIEL), EDUCATION ASPECTS ("MOTIVATION AND GUIDANCE," BY JOHN D. GREEN, "TEACHING THE GIFTED," BY WALTER BARBE, AND "CURRICULUM FOR THE GIFTED," BY VIRGIL S. WARD), PROGRAMS (" A NATIONAL LOOK AT PROGRAMS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED," BY J. NED BRYAN, "SOME PROGRAMS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED IN TENNESSEE," BY VERNON JOHNSON, AND "THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COMMUNITY IN PROGRAMS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED," BY E. C. STIMBERT), PROBLEMS ("SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF PARENTS OF GIFTED," BY WILLARD ABRAHAM, "WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP," BY WALTER BARBE, "PROBLEMS IN INITIATING AND CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR THE GIFTED," BY LEONARD J. LUCITO), AND IMPRESSIONS ("IMPRESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE," BY JAMES G. HUGHES).
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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee; Tennessee (Nashville)
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