Abstract

Teachers who work with gifted children in content area reading face challenges because they teach bright children in a new millennium. Today's gifted students have grown up with digital literacies that expand their capabilities and contribute to their individual needs. Unfortunately, when it comes to instruction, these literacies are often disregarded. Tasks given are not relevant or at an appropriate level, what Vygotsky termed the zone of proximal development.In this paper, Vygotsky's theory is posed as the way to nurture the literacy and content area needs of gifted students. To begin, an overview of Vygotsky's theory is presented. Then, the reader is taken into the life of a teacher facing inclusion tensions. The final section reveals how these tensions are eased and teaching revitalized with Vygotsky's theory and 21st century literacy skills.

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