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This article was borrowed from a presentation at the Eighth Annual Conference of European Council for High Ability. In it Sidney Moon explores personal talent development, which she defines as "developed expertise in self-understanding, decision-making, and self-regulation." She speaks on the importance of developing these areas and on how to help gifted children learn to have these personal talents. Gifted children need to have these skills in order to fulfill their potential.
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This article is a chapter from the book Talent Development III. According to the authors, John Ruscio and Teresa Amabileit, it is the social, work and educational environments in which creativity is nurtured or stifled that determines the extent to which our ability to be creative expands or contracts. They examine past “creativity” research on the influences of these environments and the direct effect on motivation and creativity. They describe the componential model of creativity which includes three distinct stages, and advance a four...
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This full text article is an op-ed column by Jim Delisle. In it he speaks out against theories of "multiple intelligence" and definitions of giftedness that deny the existence of high intelligence. Delisle points out that such "politically correct" views are causing schools "to scrap intact gifted programs and replace them with enrichment options for all children." The result is the further denial of an appropriate education for the highly intelligent students.
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This article is a book chapter by Lynn Gottfredson that discusses the importance of intelligence and some of the differences between intelligence levels. It addresses the democratic society which strives for sameness when that is virtually impossible with people all having varying IQ's. Racial and ethnic factors are also discussed in this chapter.
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This article contains a number of statistics highlighting the importance of gifted education in America. Startling statistics range from the lack of American degrees in engineering to the percentage of high school dropouts that test in the gifted range.
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This article by Carol Tomlinson is a commentary on the "No Child Left Behind" education legislation of the Bush Administration. The article agrees that equity and minimum levels of proficiency are necessary components of an education system. It also argues that excellence in education need not be neglected when setting up such standards.
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This article by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, discusses the background, mission, programs, and services of the Institute. Included is an explanation of the Institute's rationale and approach. It also offers some insights about supporting the profoundly gifted population.
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This article by Samuel P. Whalen examines the fundamental tenet of contemporary educational psychology that learning is enhanced when the match between the skills of the learner and the challenges of the subject matter are optimized. In turn, advocates for talent development and gifted education have embraced the principle of "optimal match" to characterize both the conditions for optimal growth and the ways in which mainstream education fails gifted students. Whalen concludes by considering how Flow Theory can help make the idea of "optimal ma...
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Programs, curricula, and services for gifted and talented youth can best meet their needs, promote their achievements in life, and contribute to the enhancement of our society when schools identify students' specific talent strengths and focus educational services on these talents. Schools are in a unique position to identify and develop the talents of students in four major domains: academic, artistic, vocational-technical, and personal-social.
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This chapter from the Handbook of Gifted Education reviews corroborative findings as well as current primary research. It suggests that alterations in the productivity factors have proven beneficial for ordinary and extraordinary human achievement.
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