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The University of South Florida offers Florida 's only entirely online Master's Degree in Gifted Education. Our program is an intensive, 36-hour active exploration into the field of Gifted Education, with all courses delivered online through the Blackboard Platform. |
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Within the scope and sequence of these 36 hours, students will also be able to earn State of Florida endorsement for teaching gifted learners in the K - 12 classroom. Furthermore, the program is designed to ensure that all graduates are prepared to be: |
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- Reflective practitioners, able to evaluate their own teaching and learning styles and continuously learn from them
- Collaborative professionals who work cooperatively with children, families, and other professionals to improve the status not only of Gifted Education, but of education in general
- Affirming of diversity, capable of working sensitivity and productively with a wide range of abilities, cultu`res, and societal influences found and represented in today's classrooms
- Professional, ethical, competent and knowledgeable of theory and research as evidence by "best practices" of gifted education.
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| The Gifted Education Program provides advanced training for certified teachers to work with gifted and talented children and to work with other teachers on a consultant and/or collaborative basis. Emphasis in the program is based on: |
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- understanding and serving the characteristics and needs of special populations of gifted learners
- assessing individual student's cognitive and affective strengths and weaknesses
- modifying educational programs to develop gifted student's potential
- consulting with gifted students, their families and teachers
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