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At this week’s chat, we discussed the benefits of mentoring gifted learners, where to look for mentors and how to set up a mentoring program. It was agreed that mentoring in general is good for gifted learners including peer to peer mentorships. A full transcript may be found here.
Links:
Mentor Relationships and Gifted Learners (1990)
Mentoring: An Educational Alternative for Gifted Students
UConn Mentor Connection: A Real-World Experience! July 6 – 25, 2014
Finding a Mentor for your Gifted Child
Extending Learning Through Mentorships (pdf)
Mentoring of Gifted or High-Potential (Victoria, Aus)
ASPIRE High School Mentoring Program at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
UK: University of Hertfordshire Gifted & Talented eMentoring
Connecting Gifted Students to Highly Successful Peers from PrufrockPress
Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education Mentoring Scheme 2013/2014
Mentor for the Highly Gifted Handbook (pdf)
Mentoring the Gifted from GiftedKids.ie
NZ: The Good Ship Mentor (website)
Mentorships A Guide Book (pdf)
AUS: Setting Up a Mentoring Program (pdf)
The Virtual Scientist Guest Lecture Series
The Value of a Mentor from Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
Irving ISD “Gifted & Talented Independent Study Mentorship Presentation” (video)
University of Melbourne: Visions ~ Mentoring Giftedness (video)
“Wilson White Speaks about Internships & Mentorship” (video)
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