ASCEND
The ASCEND Project: Able Scientists Collectively Experiencing
New Demands
ASCEND – Able Scientists Collectively Experiencing New Demands – was a
project for able and enthusiastic secondary science students using the nature
of science as a starting point for developing challenging tasks for gifted
science learners. The project involved a programme of enrichment activities
held during after-school sessions at the University of Cambridge for students
in the schools that comprised the secondary ‘Federation’ of schools in the
City of Cambridge.
ASCEND was funded by SEP, who intend to publish and disseminate
the ideas and teaching materials.
Director: Keith S. Taber (University of Cambridge)
Research Assistant: Fran Riga
Liaison:
Cathy Auffret (Chesterton Community College, Cambridge)
Peter Biggs (St. Peter’s Interdenominational School, Cambridge)
Susie Garlick (Netherhall School and Sixth Form College, Cambridge)
Eloise Froment (Parkside Community School, Cambridge)
A publication was published by SEP early in 2007:
Enriching School Science for the Gifted
Learner
London: Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme. (ISBN 978-1-901351-68-2)
(Book plus CDRom of teaching materials)
Author - Keith S. Taber
Editorial Consulatant - Prof. J. K. Gilbert
The ASCEND project has been discussed in an article in the School Science
Review, and a chapter in the Routledge title 'Science Education for Gifted Learners'
Publications