INTERFACE BETWEEN GIFTED EDUCATION AND GENERAL-EDUCATION - TOWARD COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION

Gifted education has often seemed isolation from general education, in part because of differing perspectives on equity and excellence goals and tensions resulting from those divergent viewpoints. Recently, how ever, there have been calls from both educators of the gifted and gene ral educators for an increased interface between the two fields. This article reports findings and suggestions from a study conducted by a t ask force commissioned by the National Association of Gifted Children to determine attitudes of educators of the gifted and general educator s regarding linkage between the practices, and to provide guidance fro m practitioners in both fields on increasing communication, cooperatio n and collaboration between the fields.