CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
The Reaching Forward national conference on gifted education was held in Rotorua, New Zealand, at Distinction Rotorua Hotel & Conference Centre from 13th to 15th March 2009, and was attended by delegates from throughout New Zealand and from Australia.
The theme of the conference was achieving sustainability in gifted education. This is a dimension of education which everywhere in the world has a history of fluctuating support. Yet if gifted children are truly to have their needs met, we must find a way of weaving gifted education permanently into the very fabric of our education system.Speakers covered many aspects of the topic, from research into placement and grouping through to practical ideas for workable classroom programmes, as well as other relevant topics. The proceedings below contain a full list of all speakers, their abstracts, and where available, access to a PDF, Powerpoint or written paper from their presentation.
A special feature of the conference was the input of gifted Maori students from local schools at every stage of the proceedings. The conference itself was formally opened by Whatanui Flavell, a senior boy from Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Koutu. Maori students provided the essential powhiri (opening ceremony), they opened the keynote sessions and a number of papers and workshops by describing their own passions and achievements (including in one case a brief dance performance), they provided the musical highlight of the conference dinner entertainment, and one of their number provided the art for the conference handbook. Collectively and individually, they demonstrated the reality of giftedness in Maori children which cultural differences can cause us to overlook.
The conference was organised by REACH Education, a non-government agency which focusses specifically on the provision of high calibre professional development in gifted education.
The Proceedings
- Presenters are listed below with the keynote speakers first and then all other presenters alphabetically by surname.
- Abstracts may be accessed by clicking on the link in the "Title and Abstract" column.
- Where available, presentation files or full papers may be downloaded by clicking on the link in the “Document” column. “Yes” indicates availability.
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REACH thanks the presenters who contributed to the conference and wherever possible gave us permission to use their material here. Responsibility for the content of each paper lies with its author(s). The author(s) also retain copyright over the text. However any document may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act and other relevant legislation.
Keynote Presenters
Please note: Abstracts and supporting documents will open into a new window.
Presenters
| Presenter |
Title & Abstract |
Document |
| B |
| Ballam, Nadine |
Defying the Odds |
Yes PDF |
| Ballard, Michelle |
Gifted Students in Science |
Yes PDF |
| Barriball, Sue |
Matters of the Heart |
Yes PDF |
| Bell Angela |
Leaping Ahead |
-- |
| Berresford, Lynn |
Be A Detective! |
Yes PDF |
| Bevan-Brown, Jill |
Identifying/Providing For Gifted Maori Children |
-- ** |
| Blackett, Rose (1) |
Be A Detective! |
Yes PDF |
| Blackett, Rose (2) |
Working With Parents |
Yes PDF |
| Blachnitzky, Angela |
ICT Design & Gifted Children |
Yes PDF |
| Boswell, Robyn (1) |
Intelligence Having Fun |
-- |
| Boswell, Robyn (2) |
Our Tamariki, Inheritors of Our Future |
-- |
| Bourne, Janet |
Maori Perspectives |
-- |
| Burggraaf, Rose |
Gifted Students in Science |
Yes PDF |
| C |
| Clark, Deb (1) |
Sharing the TALENT |
Yes PDF |
| Clark, Deb (2) |
Together Is Better |
Yes PDF |
| Clark, Deb (3) |
Through Their Eyes |
-- |
| Cutler, Steve |
The World's Your Oyster! |
Yes PDF HTML
++ see below |
| D |
| Daniels, Irene |
Sustaining the Gifted Warrior |
Yes PDF PPS |
| Dashper, Mark |
Innovative Pedagogies in the Arts |
-- |
| Dudeney, Helen (1) |
Residential Camps for Gifted 7-12 Year Olds |
Yes PDF |
| Dudeney, Helen (2) |
Learning Environments for Gifted Students |
Yes PDF |
| E |
| Easter, Ann |
Critical role of schoolwide teacher prof dvpmt |
-- |
| Edwards, Christina |
Complex Thinking the Solo Taxonomy |
-- |
| F |
| Fitzgerald, Jacqui |
From Zero to Hero |
-- |
| Fraser, Deborah |
In from The Margins |
-- |
| G |
| Gagne, Francoys |
The "Real" Nature of Intellectual Giftedness |
Yes PDF1 PDF2 |
| H |
| Herewini, Leeana |
Maori Perspectives |
-- |
| Hodgkinson, Ed |
Together Is Better |
Yes PDF |
| I |
| Inder, Margaret |
From Zero to Hero |
-- |
| L |
| Langbein, Beverly |
Potholes and Paradigms |
Yes PDF PPS |
| Lees, Paul |
Give Them Wings |
Yes PPS |
| Le Sueur, Elaine |
Teachers As Leaders |
Yes PDF PPS |
| Lyons, Pam (1) |
In a Soap Opera Without A Script |
-- |
| Lyons, Pam (2) |
Emotional Sensitivities and Intensities |
Yes PDF |
| M |
| McAllum, Ruth |
Revealing the "Me" Behind the Mask |
-- ** |
| Margrain, Valerie |
Narratives for Learning |
Yes PDF |
| Meadows, Sara |
PEGS |
-- |
| Meuli, Anna (1) |
Matters of the Heart |
Yes PDF |
| Meuli, Anna (2) |
GiftNet |
Yes PDF |
| Murgatroyd, Jan |
From Zero to Hero |
-- |
| N |
| Nicholson, Danielle |
How Do I Know They'll Like It? |
Yes PDF |
| O |
| O'Brien, Jilly |
How Do I Know They'll Like It? |
Yes PDF |
| P |
| Parsons-Sim, Michelle (1) |
Three Small Rural Schools |
Yes PPS |
| Parsons-Sim, Michelle (2) |
GiftNet |
Yes PDF |
| Prendergast, Phil |
Working With Parents |
Yes PDF |
| R |
| Russell, Vivienne |
Personalised Learning |
-- |
| S |
| St George, Mary |
Dodging Past The Pen |
Yes PPS |
| Smith, Adrian |
Three Small Rural Schools |
Yes |
| T |
| Tapper, Louise |
Gifted Underachievement - Still An Enigma? |
Yes PPS |
| Thorogood, Tanya |
2e (Twice Exceptional) Students |
--** |
| Thorrington, Brenda |
Teaching Gifted Preschoolers Effectively |
Yes PPS |
| Townsend, Michael |
Is Co-Operative Learning Good for Gifted Students? |
-- |
| W |
| White, Sonia |
Creating A "Wow" Factor School |
-- |
| Wilton, Hazel |
Potholes and Paradigms |
Yes PDF PPS |
| Y |
| Young, Joanne |
Sharing the TALENT |
Yes PDF |
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** Jill’s paper will be published in a forthcoming electronic edition of Apex, expected April/May 2009. See www.giftedchildren.org.nz/apex
** Ruth’s paper is not available on the website for copyright reasons but she is happy to be contacted for further information. Email rmcallum@kit.ac.nz
** Tanya is happy for anyone who interested in this topic to contact her directly. Her email address is thepowersource@xtra.co.nz.
++ Steve Cutler's PowerPoint presentation is 30 MB in size and is shown here as an HTML web photo gallery. If you would like to request a copy of the PowerPoint version, please email Steve at: steve.cutler@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
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