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. 
<br/><br/>Part 1: Approaching giftedness: models, definitions and conceptual<br/>challenges<br/><br/>1 Brightening up: how children learn to be gifted                                3<br/>Guy Claxton and Sara Meadows<br/><br/>2 Neural interconnectivity and intellectual creativity: giftedness, savants<br/>and learning styles                                                          10<br/>John Geake<br/><br/>3 Making connections: cognition, emotion and a shifting paradigm                18<br/>Donaj. Matthews and Christy Folsom<br/><br/>4 Giftedness: the gift that keeps on giving                                     26<br/>Dean Keith Simonton<br/><br/>5 Talent development as seen through the differentiated model of giftedness<br/>and talent                                                                   32<br/>Franfoys Gagne<br/><br/>6 The nature of creative giftedness and talent                                  42<br/>Todd Lubart, Asta Georgsdottir and iMaud BesanFon<br/><br/>7 The future of the English definition of giftedness                           50<br/>Thomas Balchin<br/><br/><br/>Part 2: Widening the focus: international perspectives and<br/>cultural issues<br/><br/>8 Gifted education from the German perspective                                 61<br/>Kurt A. Heller<br/><br/>9 Education practices for gifted learners in France: an overview               68<br/>Pierre Vrignaud, Denis Bonora and Annie Dreux<br/><br/>10 High ability education in Sweden: the Swedish model                         76<br/>Ake WI Edfeldt and Inger Wstedt<br/><br/>11 A proposal for gifted education in reluctant schools: the case of the<br/>Greek school system                                                          84<br/>Elias G. Matsagouras and Evangelia Dougali<br/><br/>12 We can still do this, or can we? The Russian system of educating and<br/>promoting talent in mathematics and science                                  92<br/>IdaJeltova, Konstantin Lukin and Elena L. Grigorenko<br/><br/>13 Russian strategies for talent development: stimulating comfort and<br/>discomfort                                                                  101<br/>Victoria S. Yurkevich and Boris M. Davidovich<br/><br/>14 Gifted but underachieving: Australian indigenous children                   106<br/>Graham KW Chqafey<br/><br/>15 Lay conceptions of giftedness among the Chinese people                      115<br/>David WI Chan<br/><br/><br/>Part 3: Whole child considerations: psychosocial development<br/>and extra-cognitive issues<br/><br/>16 The ethics of gifted education: what can we learn from medical<br/>ethics?                                                                     125<br/>Annie Haight<br/><br/>17 Ethical sensitivity and giftedness                                           134<br/>Kirsi Tirri<br/><br/>18 Morality and giftedness                                                      141<br/>Joan Freeman<br/><br/>19 Emotional intelligence: re-examining some preconceptions                     149<br/>Maria Dolores Prieto and Mercedes Ferrando<br/><br/>20 Too long neglected: giftedness in younger children                           155<br/>alsa Koshy<br/><br/>21 Teaching the able child ... or teaching the child to be able?                161<br/>Jan Hughes<br/><br/>22 Global success and giftedness                                                169<br/>Carmen Crepu<br/><br/>23 A reconsideration of the widely held conviction that gifted students<br/>prefer to work alone                                                        176<br/>Lisa R. French and Bruce M. Shore<br/><br/><br/>Part 4: Theory into practice: differentiation strategies, tools and<br/>approaches<br/><br/>24 A computerised strength assessment and internet-based enrichment<br/>programme for developing giftedness and talents                             185<br/>Joseph S. Renzulli and Sally M. Reis<br/><br/>25 Acceleration: meeting the academic and social needs of students              194<br/>Nicholas Colangelo and Susan Assouline<br/><br/>26 Recognising and fostering creative production                                203<br/>Thomas Balchin<br/><br/>27 Programming for talent development: expanding horizons for gifted<br/>education                                                                   210<br/>Donald Treffinger, Carole A. Nassab and Edwin C. Selby<br/><br/>28 Special educational needs and dual exceptionality                            218<br/>Diane Montgomery<br/><br/>29 Visual thinking: a gifted boy with Asperger Syndrome                         226<br/>Wiestawa Limont<br/><br/>30 Challenge and creativity: making the links                                   235<br/>Helen Wilson<br/><br/>31 Educating for enquiry: personalising learning through dialogic<br/>teaching                                                                    243<br/>Robert Fisher<br/><br/><br/>Part 5: Expanding horizons: supporting gifted development<br/>more broadly<br/><br/>32 Wisdom, intelligence, creativity, synthesised: a model ofgiftedness            255<br/>Robert . Sternberg<br/><br/>33 Fostering giftedness in urban and diverse communities: context-<br/>sensitive solutions                                                           265<br/>lan Warwick and Donaj. Matlthews<br/><br/>34 The role of gifted education in promoting cultural diversity                   273<br/>Joyce VanTassel-Baska<br/><br/>35 Developing pupils' problem-solving and thinking skills                         281<br/>Belle Wallace<br/><br/>36 Creating inclusive and inclusional understandings of gifts and talents<br/>through living educational theory research                                    292<br/>Marie Huxtable<br/><br/>37 Beyond compare? Thoughts towards an inclusional, fluid and non-<br/>normative understanding of giftedness                                         299<br/>Barry. Hymer<br/><br/>38 Self-theories and lessons for giftedness: a reflective conversation            308<br/>Carol S. Dweck<br/><br/>39 Turning points and future directions in gifted education and talent<br/>development                                                                   317<br/>Sally M. Reis 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415461368  0415461367 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gifted children--Education.<br/>Gifted children--Education<br/>Gifted children--Education--Research.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.95   / BAL/R