Effective Teaching in Gifted Education thoroughly and engagingly explores the day to day practice of schools judged to be outstandingly effective at teaching such students.

Wendy Robinson is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, UK.

Jim Campbell is Emeritus Professor at the Warwick Institute of Education and former Director of Research at the now disbanded National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth, University of Warwick, UK.

Selected Contents: Section 1: Introduction 1. Policy and Practice in gifted and talented education 2. Review of evidence on effective teaching and learning of gifted and talented education Section 2: Eight Case Studies A summary of the school's contextual information The School G&T policy, including the role of the coordinator The Senior Management Team and Governing body stance and commitment The school's environment, ethos and culture The students' perceptions and their experience of the school culture, values and ethos Descriptions of Classroom Practice and Pedagogy Case study 1: Differentiated Teaching and Learning in an Urban Specialist School Case Study 2: Gifted Education in an Inner-City Multi-Ethnic Comprehensive Case Study 3: Teaching and Learning in a Rural Comprehensive Case Study 4: Personalised Learning in a Sixth Form College Case Study 5: Effective Teaching in a Girls Selective School Case Study 6: Effective Teaching in a Boys Selective School Case Study 7: Developing Talent in a Performing Arts School Case Study 8: Teaching and Learning On-line Section 3: Analysis Cross case themes: issues arising for practitioners, school leadership, policy-makers and researchers Section 4: Appendix on Research Methodology Glossary Bibliography