The Routledge international companion to gifted education/
The Routledge international companion to gifted education/
edited by Tom Balchin, Barry Hymer, Dona J. Matthews.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- xxiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Part 1: Approaching giftedness: models, definitions and conceptual
challenges
1 Brightening up: how children learn to be gifted 3
Guy Claxton and Sara Meadows
2 Neural interconnectivity and intellectual creativity: giftedness, savants
and learning styles 10
John Geake
3 Making connections: cognition, emotion and a shifting paradigm 18
Donaj. Matthews and Christy Folsom
4 Giftedness: the gift that keeps on giving 26
Dean Keith Simonton
5 Talent development as seen through the differentiated model of giftedness
and talent 32
Franfoys Gagne
6 The nature of creative giftedness and talent 42
Todd Lubart, Asta Georgsdottir and iMaud BesanFon
7 The future of the English definition of giftedness 50
Thomas Balchin
Part 2: Widening the focus: international perspectives and
cultural issues
8 Gifted education from the German perspective 61
Kurt A. Heller
9 Education practices for gifted learners in France: an overview 68
Pierre Vrignaud, Denis Bonora and Annie Dreux
10 High ability education in Sweden: the Swedish model 76
Ake WI Edfeldt and Inger Wstedt
11 A proposal for gifted education in reluctant schools: the case of the
Greek school system 84
Elias G. Matsagouras and Evangelia Dougali
12 We can still do this, or can we? The Russian system of educating and
promoting talent in mathematics and science 92
IdaJeltova, Konstantin Lukin and Elena L. Grigorenko
13 Russian strategies for talent development: stimulating comfort and
discomfort 101
Victoria S. Yurkevich and Boris M. Davidovich
14 Gifted but underachieving: Australian indigenous children 106
Graham KW Chqafey
15 Lay conceptions of giftedness among the Chinese people 115
David WI Chan
Part 3: Whole child considerations: psychosocial development
and extra-cognitive issues
16 The ethics of gifted education: what can we learn from medical
ethics? 125
Annie Haight
17 Ethical sensitivity and giftedness 134
Kirsi Tirri
18 Morality and giftedness 141
Joan Freeman
19 Emotional intelligence: re-examining some preconceptions 149
Maria Dolores Prieto and Mercedes Ferrando
20 Too long neglected: giftedness in younger children 155
alsa Koshy
21 Teaching the able child ... or teaching the child to be able? 161
Jan Hughes
22 Global success and giftedness 169
Carmen Crepu
23 A reconsideration of the widely held conviction that gifted students
prefer to work alone 176
Lisa R. French and Bruce M. Shore
Part 4: Theory into practice: differentiation strategies, tools and
approaches
24 A computerised strength assessment and internet-based enrichment
programme for developing giftedness and talents 185
Joseph S. Renzulli and Sally M. Reis
25 Acceleration: meeting the academic and social needs of students 194
Nicholas Colangelo and Susan Assouline
26 Recognising and fostering creative production 203
Thomas Balchin
27 Programming for talent development: expanding horizons for gifted
education 210
Donald Treffinger, Carole A. Nassab and Edwin C. Selby
28 Special educational needs and dual exceptionality 218
Diane Montgomery
29 Visual thinking: a gifted boy with Asperger Syndrome 226
Wiestawa Limont
30 Challenge and creativity: making the links 235
Helen Wilson
31 Educating for enquiry: personalising learning through dialogic
teaching 243
Robert Fisher
Part 5: Expanding horizons: supporting gifted development
more broadly
32 Wisdom, intelligence, creativity, synthesised: a model ofgiftedness 255
Robert . Sternberg
33 Fostering giftedness in urban and diverse communities: context-
sensitive solutions 265
lan Warwick and Donaj. Matlthews
34 The role of gifted education in promoting cultural diversity 273
Joyce VanTassel-Baska
35 Developing pupils' problem-solving and thinking skills 281
Belle Wallace
36 Creating inclusive and inclusional understandings of gifts and talents
through living educational theory research 292
Marie Huxtable
37 Beyond compare? Thoughts towards an inclusional, fluid and non-
normative understanding of giftedness 299
Barry. Hymer
38 Self-theories and lessons for giftedness: a reflective conversation 308
Carol S. Dweck
39 Turning points and future directions in gifted education and talent
development 317
Sally M. Reis
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Part 1: Approaching giftedness: models, definitions and conceptual
challenges
1 Brightening up: how children learn to be gifted 3
Guy Claxton and Sara Meadows
2 Neural interconnectivity and intellectual creativity: giftedness, savants
and learning styles 10
John Geake
3 Making connections: cognition, emotion and a shifting paradigm 18
Donaj. Matthews and Christy Folsom
4 Giftedness: the gift that keeps on giving 26
Dean Keith Simonton
5 Talent development as seen through the differentiated model of giftedness
and talent 32
Franfoys Gagne
6 The nature of creative giftedness and talent 42
Todd Lubart, Asta Georgsdottir and iMaud BesanFon
7 The future of the English definition of giftedness 50
Thomas Balchin
Part 2: Widening the focus: international perspectives and
cultural issues
8 Gifted education from the German perspective 61
Kurt A. Heller
9 Education practices for gifted learners in France: an overview 68
Pierre Vrignaud, Denis Bonora and Annie Dreux
10 High ability education in Sweden: the Swedish model 76
Ake WI Edfeldt and Inger Wstedt
11 A proposal for gifted education in reluctant schools: the case of the
Greek school system 84
Elias G. Matsagouras and Evangelia Dougali
12 We can still do this, or can we? The Russian system of educating and
promoting talent in mathematics and science 92
IdaJeltova, Konstantin Lukin and Elena L. Grigorenko
13 Russian strategies for talent development: stimulating comfort and
discomfort 101
Victoria S. Yurkevich and Boris M. Davidovich
14 Gifted but underachieving: Australian indigenous children 106
Graham KW Chqafey
15 Lay conceptions of giftedness among the Chinese people 115
David WI Chan
Part 3: Whole child considerations: psychosocial development
and extra-cognitive issues
16 The ethics of gifted education: what can we learn from medical
ethics? 125
Annie Haight
17 Ethical sensitivity and giftedness 134
Kirsi Tirri
18 Morality and giftedness 141
Joan Freeman
19 Emotional intelligence: re-examining some preconceptions 149
Maria Dolores Prieto and Mercedes Ferrando
20 Too long neglected: giftedness in younger children 155
alsa Koshy
21 Teaching the able child ... or teaching the child to be able? 161
Jan Hughes
22 Global success and giftedness 169
Carmen Crepu
23 A reconsideration of the widely held conviction that gifted students
prefer to work alone 176
Lisa R. French and Bruce M. Shore
Part 4: Theory into practice: differentiation strategies, tools and
approaches
24 A computerised strength assessment and internet-based enrichment
programme for developing giftedness and talents 185
Joseph S. Renzulli and Sally M. Reis
25 Acceleration: meeting the academic and social needs of students 194
Nicholas Colangelo and Susan Assouline
26 Recognising and fostering creative production 203
Thomas Balchin
27 Programming for talent development: expanding horizons for gifted
education 210
Donald Treffinger, Carole A. Nassab and Edwin C. Selby
28 Special educational needs and dual exceptionality 218
Diane Montgomery
29 Visual thinking: a gifted boy with Asperger Syndrome 226
Wiestawa Limont
30 Challenge and creativity: making the links 235
Helen Wilson
31 Educating for enquiry: personalising learning through dialogic
teaching 243
Robert Fisher
Part 5: Expanding horizons: supporting gifted development
more broadly
32 Wisdom, intelligence, creativity, synthesised: a model ofgiftedness 255
Robert . Sternberg
33 Fostering giftedness in urban and diverse communities: context-
sensitive solutions 265
lan Warwick and Donaj. Matlthews
34 The role of gifted education in promoting cultural diversity 273
Joyce VanTassel-Baska
35 Developing pupils' problem-solving and thinking skills 281
Belle Wallace
36 Creating inclusive and inclusional understandings of gifts and talents
through living educational theory research 292
Marie Huxtable
37 Beyond compare? Thoughts towards an inclusional, fluid and non-
normative understanding of giftedness 299
Barry. Hymer
38 Self-theories and lessons for giftedness: a reflective conversation 308
Carol S. Dweck
39 Turning points and future directions in gifted education and talent
development 317
Sally M. Reis
9780415461368 0415461367
Gifted children--Education.
Gifted children--Education
Gifted children--Education--Research.
371.95 / BAL/R