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Informationen zum Autor Tom Balchin is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in gifted education, based in the Brunel Able Children’s Education Centre at Brunel University, UK. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Education, Reading University, UK. Barry Hymer is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University's Centre for Teaching and Learning in the UK. He is a freelance educator, chartered psychologist, trainer and writer, specialising in the fields of thinking skills, creativity and gifted education. Dona Matthews is a Visiting Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and, until recently, the Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and Education at the Hunter College, City University of New York, working with the New York City Department of Education on gifted education policies and practices. Zusammenfassung An authoritative guide to the new ideas and controversies that are likely to form the basis of gifted education discussion and policy-making around the world during the next decade and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Models, Definitions & Conceptual Challenges 1. Brightening Up: How Children Learn To Be Gifted Guy Claxton and Sara Meadows 2. Neural Interconnectivity And Intellectual Creativity: Giftedness, Savants, And Learning Styles John Geake 3. Making Connections: Cognition, Emotion, And A Shifting Paradigm Dona J. Matthews and Christy Folsom 4. Giftedness: The Gift That Keeps On Giving Dean Simonton 5. Talent Development: DMGT Françoys Gagné 6. The Nature Of Creative Giftedness And Talent Todd Lubart, Asta Georgsdottir and Maud Besançon 7. The Future Of The English Definition Of Giftedness Thomas Balchin Part 2: International Perspectives 8. Gifted Education From The German Perspective Kurt Heller 9. Education Practices For Gifted Learners In France: An Overview Pierre Vrignaud, Denis Bonora, and Annie Dreux 10. High Ability Education In Sweden: The Swedish Model Åke Edfeldt and Inger Wistedt 11. A Proposal For Gifted Education In Reluctant Schools: The Case Of The Greek School System Elias 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 Ida Jeltova, Konstantin Lukin and Elena L. Grigorenko 13. Russian Strategies For Talent Development: Stimulating Comfort And Discomfort Victoria S. Yurkevich and Boris M. Davidovich 14. Gifted But Underachieving: Australian Indigenous Children Graham M. Chaffey 15. Lay Conceptions Of Giftedness Among The Chinese People David W. Chan Part 3: Psychosocial Development 16. The Ethics Of Gifted Education - What Can We Learn From Medical Ethics? Annie Haight 17. Ethical Sensitivity And Giftedness Kirsi Tirri 18. Morality And Giftedness Joan Freeman 19. Emotional Intelligence: Re-Examining Some Preconceptions Maria Dolores Prieto and Mercedes Ferrando 20. Too Long Neglected: Giftedness In Younger Children Valsa Koshy 21. Teaching The Able Child … Or Teaching The Child To Be Able? Jan Hughes 22. Global Success And Giftedness Carmen Cretu 23. A Reconsideration Of The Widely Held Conviction That Gifted Students Prefer To Work Alone Lisa R. French and Bruce M. Shore Part 4: Theory into Practice: Differentiation Strategies, Tools, and Approaches 24. A Computerized Strength Assessment And Internet-Based Enrichment Program For Developing Giftedness And Talents Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis 25. Acceleration: Meeting The Academic And Social Needs Of Students...
