Gifted Education Programs and Procedures

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23637693
AutoresPaula Olszewski‐Kubilius (0000-0003-4149-9605, Northwestern University), Dana Thomson (Northwestern University)
Año2012
Fecha de publicación2012-09-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoOTHER
RevistaHandbook of Psychology, Second Edition (JOURNAL)
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118133880.hop207016
OpenAlexW1537756902
ISBN9781118133880
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas49

Society has great interest in the phenomenon of giftedness as well as great need to develop the talents of its members. However, because of a lack of a federal mandate, meeting the educational, social, and emotional needs of gifted children is left to the whims of local school districts. As a result, these children are often ignored because of a fundamental belief that they can succeed on their own. As a field, gifted education is increasingly informed by a growing body of research focused on understanding and explicating the trajectories of talent development within specific domains. This research indicates that talent involves both general and specific abilities that vary by domain, specialized instruction from teachers, coaches and mentors, within in-school and outside-of-school programs, and support from others to help individuals acquire and maintain engagement and motivation and cope with the costs of high levels of achievement. Issues that define the field currently include the relative roles of ability, creativity, psychosocial and environmental influences, motivation and personality characteristics in high achievement; whether there is a unique pedagogy for gifted children; the identification and servicing of typically underrepresented groups including low-income and minority gifted children; and the need for varying supports as gifted children grow into gifted young adults and talent development needs change.

Creativity · Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Field (mathematics) · Gifted education · Identification (biology) · Mandate · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Personality · Phenomenon · Political science · Psychosocial · Talent development · Career Development and Diversity · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support