Science education for gifted learners / edited by Keith S. Taber.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-233) and index.

Science education for gifted learners? -- The characteristics of the gifted and exceptionally able in science -- Gifted science learners with special educational needs -- The emotional lives of fledgling geniuses -- Opportunities for gifted science provision in the context of a learner-centred national curriculum -- Developing the thinking of gifted students through science -- Challenging able science learners through models and modelling -- Challenging gifted learners through classroom dialogue -- Asking questions in classroom science -- Teaching controversial socio-scientific issues to gifted and talented students -- Context-based science : a 'gift horse' for the talented? -- Choice for the gifted : lessons from teaching about scientific explanations -- Practical work for the gifted in science -- Working together to provide enrichment for able science learners -- Bringing learners and scientific expertise together -- An agenda for science education for gifted learners.