偏鄉學校地方促進方案：偏鄉資優教育的實踐案例

Promoting PLACE in Rural Schools: A Praxis Exemplary Model of Gifted Education in Rural Areas

偏鄉資優教育強調教育機會均等，也著重賦能展才的卓越追求，是國內外實施資優教育關注的議題。美國「偏鄉學校地方促進方案」以「地方」觀點重新概念化資優教育服務系統，分析偏鄉資優教育面臨的挑戰，尋找轉化契機，並建構具體可行的運作方式，形塑有地方意識的偏鄉資優教育文化。方案團隊以替代性評量進行資優鑑定，將偏鄉獨特生活經驗融入語文資優課程，使偏鄉學生在心靈上與這片原生環境連結，產生社群歸屬感，降低刻板印象威脅，增進成長型心態，促進潛能發展，是國內外實踐偏鄉資優教育值得參考的案例。

The goals of gifted education in rural areas are to ensure equal learning opportunities and promote excellence for talent development. Gifted education in rural schools is an essential issue that should be considered to provide gifted education services. The “Promoting PLACE in Rural Schools” project in the United States re-conceptualizes the gifted education service system through place-based education. By addressing challenges, exploring possibilities, and developing methods, the project fostered a place-conscious gifted education culture in rural areas. The project team identified gifted students by alternative assessments. Unique life experiences in rural areas were integrated in the language arts curriculum for the gifted rural learners’spirits along with where they lived by. Community belongingness was established to overcome stereotype threats and foster a growth mindset in order to elicit rural learners’ potential. The “Promoting PLACE in Rural Schools” project serves as an exemplary model for implementing gifted education in rural areas.