Sonologist – A Gifted Qualification?

Gifted Children

The need for a book?or better still, books?on the needs of gifted children is beyond doubt. Of the 33 references given by the authors on this topic, only three are by British writers. It is therefore all the more regrettable that this book cannot be welcomed unreservedly. The preface calls it entertaining and pleasant, and that it certainly is. So are the 15 photographs it contains but, except ...

The gifted: Identity construction through the practice of gifted education

Over the past two decades in Australia, the field of gifted education has expanded considerably. The term ‘giftedness’ has effectively entered mainstream discourse. The field of gifted education, which nowadays operates as a compensatory function of mass education, is comprised of groups of people who broadly share in the concept of giftedness but contest, through discourse, its meanings and pr...

Spatially Gifted, Verbally Inconvenienced

Educating the Gifted.

The very subject of giftedness is fraught with contradiction and controversy. On the one hand, we often encounter misunderstanding, envy, and perceived elitism—and on the other, admiration, dependency, and respect. Little wonder that our K–12 education system has not yet determined how best to nurture extraordinary individuals so that they can become extraordinary contributors to society—and fe...

A decade comparison: Self-concept of gifted and non-gifted adolescents

The study explores the link between general social environment and self-concept, and giftedness and self-concept. A total of 135 high school and 64 university students with an average age of 16 years from China took part in the research, consisting of four groups: gifted and non-gifted adolescents of Year 1993, and gifted and non-gifted adolescents of Year 2003. Comparison between the groups ha...