This research reports on the factors that a sample
of teachers in a rural Primary and Secondary School
perceive as being influential on the initiation
and implementation of a curricular innovation. The
innovation herein is the creation of a Gifted and
Talented Programme to cater for identified students
in this school, an area of current interest amongst
educators and researchers in New South Wales and
Australia. A methodology is outlined for the
collection and interpretation of data on the factors
involved, that may be employed by coordinators and
researchers interested in curricular provision for
Gifted and Talented children. In this case study
school, it was found that the factors were many and
varied, that they differed in their supportive or
inhibitive nature in the Primary and Secondary
Schools. These findings provided a foundation for
subsequent planning in the initiation stages of the
implementation of this innovation. This research had
important implications for this School that may be
of interest for future research in other schools.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219149 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | O'Regan, David, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright David O'Regan |
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