Teaching to Their Strengths: Good Medicine for Native American Education

Abstract

Across the United States, Native Americans ¹ are often underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. The education publications tend to be replete with literature focused on their general failures and challenges in general education, and little attention is placed on those students who are currently in gifted education programs or have the potential for such advanced academic services. This chapter focuses specifically on the underrepresentation of Native American students in gifted programs and how educators could better identify and service this student population in gifted education.

Citation

Lassos, J. and Haas, S.C. (2016), "Teaching to Their Strengths: Good Medicine for Native American Education", Gifted Children of Color Around the World: Diverse Needs, Exemplary Practices, and Directions for the Future (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 3), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720160000003008