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Gallagher, James J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1991
The positive and negative elements of six educational reforms are discussed: search for excellence; cooperative learning; middle schools; master teacher certification; site-based management; and accountability. Gifted educators are urged to promote these reform movements for the maximum benefit of all. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Gallagher, James J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
This paper on underachievement in gifted students distinguishes between environmental, personal-neurological, and personal-psychological causes of underachievement. Characteristics of gifted underachievers are described, and strategies to change the pattern of the "personal-psychological" underachiever are discussed, with emphasis on coping…
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Gifted
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Gallagher, James J. – Exceptional Children, 1988
A national agenda for the education of gifted students should focus on three areas of unmet needs: the educational needs of the underserved gifted, including underachievers, young gifted, and culturally diverse gifted; a program quality support network, emphasizing research, development, demonstration, and leadership training; and collaborative…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
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Arcia, Emily; Gallagher, James J. – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1994
The issue of overrepresentation of minority groups in special education is discussed. The example of Mexican American and Puerto Rican children is used to illustrate that overrepresentation is justified and desirable if the relative need of the children in the groups differs in developmental and functional status. Policy implications are…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gallagher, James J. – Journal of Special Education, 1994
Societal forces influencing special education today include expectations of programs for exceptional children, the consequence of fear of being accused of ethnic or social discrimination in placing students in special education, special education as an entry to services, the philosophy of full inclusion, and issues of power and influence in…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
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Gallagher, James J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
This commentary on the demonstration programs of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program discusses their role in inducing educational change, their usefulness in illustrating new ideas, their broadening of the definition of the gifted student, their ability to change participating teachers' perspective, and their…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Change Agents, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change