Educators of gifted and talented students must be formally trained for homeplace to become a reality: Recommended theories and paradigms

ABSTRACT

Given the abysmal underrepresentation of Black and other minoritized students in gifted and talented programs, there is a need to help them to be more effective with recruitment and retention. In this article, we maintain that the notion of someplace is important in order for educators to reverse underrepresentation. To support them, we share relevant theories and paradigms.

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Additional resources

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