Dr. Michael Postma
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first heard Dec 2017
last heard Jul 2022
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I don't think we're making a lot of progress in twice exceptionality.
And the reason for that is, number one, if you go back to the root, when someone gets a degree in teaching, they go through a certain number of courses, you know, psychology, child development, all these different things, you know, teaching and learning, they rarely touch gifted education.
In fact, when I went through, now this is a while ago, but I'm hearing from some recent graduates that it's fairly typical that they receive maybe one course in gifted education or maybe one hour.
I received one hour in my entire years of Teachers College.
And that did not hardly touch any of the main factors of it.
Now, some states are moving towards, for instance, Ohio is now requiring 60 hours of gifted training for their pre-service teachers.
and beyond as they move into the field.
But that's pretty rare.
And it behooves a teacher to actually get in and start understanding because you will have these in your classroom.
These kids will be there.
You have to work with them.
You have to accommodate them.
You need to understand them.
And if you don't understand them, you're not going to reach them.
And then with the twice exception, I just don't see a lot of educational literature.
I mean, that's the wrong word.
Educational programming.
that is required for teachers to understand who these kids are, where they're coming from, how they learn, what to do, what not to do, those type of things.
I just don't see that.
I don't even see identification tools that are being used.
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