not an endorsement of apraxia network of bergen county JUST PUBLISHED -- Announcing the SPRING 2009 Online Issue of Gifted Education Press Quarterly

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JUST PUBLISHED -- Announcing the SPRING 2009 Online Issue of Gifted

Education Press Quarterly

Dear Educator/Parent --

Could you share the following message with your STAFF, TEACHERS OR PARENTS?

We are offering a complimentary copy of Gifted Education Press Quarterly.

They would need to email me directly to receive our SPRING 2009 issue. My

email address is:

gifted@...

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Maurice

Maurice Fisher, Ph.D.

Publisher

Gifted Education Press

For my latest interview in EducationNews.Org (January 21, 2009) about the

gifted education field, click the following link:

http://ednews.org/articles/33049/1/An-Interview-with-Maurice-Fisher-Publisher--G\

ifted-Education-Press-Quarterly-and-Gifted-Education-Press/Page1.html

P.S. A past issue of Time Magazine (August 27, 2007) contains a lead article

entitled, The Genius Problem, This article includes information from an

essay published in the Spring 1996 issue of GEPQ - " Anti-Intellectualism in

Secondary Schools: The Problem Continues " by Schroeder-. If you

subscribe, you will be able to access this and many other essays from our

GEPQ Online Link.

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The SPRING 2009 Online Issue of GEPQ contains the following articles:

1. Editorial Comments by Maurice Fisher: Abraham Lincoln - Autodidact; Four

Crucial Issues in Gifted Education

2. You, A Creative Reader

E. Myers Creative Teaching and Learning Consultant

Healdsburg, California

3. Guiding Gifted Girls to the " Different Drummer "

Joan Smutny, Director The Center for Gifted National-Louis

University Glenview, Illinois

4. Germans, Jews, the Nobel Prize in Science and Medicine: Comment on the

Ziegler & Stoeger Chapter in Conceptions of Giftedness: Sociocultural

Perspectives (2007)

Hanna Ben Gurion University at Eilat, Israel

5. Abraham Lincoln: A Potpourri of Intelligence

E. Walters Center for the Study of the Humanities in the Schools

If you know a colleague or friend who would like a complimentary copy of the

SPRING 2009 Online Issue, tell them to send their request to:

gifted@...

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In addition, please see the information on our Web Site about our latest

books on creative thinking, humanities, science and mathematics.

Our latest books are as follows:

1. By Maurice & Eugenia Fisher, Editors: Heroes of Giftedness: An

Inspirational Guide for Gifted Students and Their Teachers -Presenting the

Personal Heroes of Twelve Experts on Gifted Education. Discusses Highly

Gifted Individuals who can be used as models for motivating gifted students

to study different fields of knowledge.

" Heroes of Giftedness: An Inspirational Guide is an exciting new edition to

gifted education literature. It well fulfills its purpose in the inspiring,

exhilarating accounts of famous individuals and their contribution to the

world. Gifted students, teachers, and parents will benefit hugely from

these biographies of great men and women who overcame personal and

professional challenges to move forward in their fields. " Joan Smutny,

Director The Center for Gifted National-Louis University

" My view of the world is that people are best served when they find their

passion early on, because we tend to be good at things we're passionate

about. I think we also need to find people whom we admire and try to emulate

them. " Chesley Sullenberger, the Captain who successfully guided US

Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 (From Air &

Space Magazine, May 2009, p. 11)

http://www.giftededpress.com/HEROESOFGIFTEDNESS.htm

2. By Harry T. Roman: Energizing Your Gifted Students' Creative Thinking &

Imagination: Using Design Principles, Team Activities, and Invention

Strategies -A Complete Lesson Guide for Upper Elementary and Middle School

Levels. Concentrates on nurturing Gifted Children's Applied Creative

Thinking and Imagination to solve practical and real world problems. This

book will help them become masters at using engineering and design

principles in their everyday life in the school and home.

http://www.giftededpress.com/HARRYTROMANCREATIVITY.htm

3. By E. Myers: Golden Quills: Creative Thinking and Writing

Lessons for Middle-School Gifted Students. Contains Twenty-Seven Challenging

Lessons for Stimulating Creative Learning in Language Arts. Further

information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/REMYERS.htm

4. By Judy Micheletti: MORE SNIBBLES: Serendipitous Seasons. This book

focuses on how to motivate gifted students to be more creative at their

school and home, and it contains several delightful line drawings that will

entice the imagination of all curious children and adults. Further

information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/SNIBBLES2.htm

5. By Harry T. Roman: Solar Power, Fuel Cells, Wind Power and Other

Important Environmental Studies for Upper Elementary and Middle School

Gifted Students and Their Teachers: A Technology, Problem-Solving and

Invention Guide. It is perfect for use in Tech Ed, pre-engineering and

environmental courses and study units. Further information can be found at:

http://www.giftededpress.com/HARRYTROMAN.htm

All of these books are useful resources for gifted students and their

parents and teachers. They can be ordered directly from gifted education

Press or through Amazon.com.

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Please contact me if you have any ideas for new articles or books that GEP

can publish.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Maurice Fisher, Ph.D.

Publisher