4.0 out of 5 stars
Talent Development II, August 30, 2000
This review is from: Talent Development: Proceedings from the 1993 Henry B. and Jocelyn Wallace National Research Symposium on Talent Development (Paperback)
The 42 contributors report from all fields of ongoing research within the field of Talent and Giftedness Development. Contributors are (in addition to the 3 editors) as famous names as Howard Gardner, Joyce Van Tassel-Baskin, D.K. Simonton, Barbara Kerr, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi (Flow), Miraca Gross - to mention a few in the order of appearance. The proceedings are not only about talented and gifted children, but about adults as well, and all sorts of talent/giftedness are under scrutiny, from multiple gifted persons over single field gifted to savants - to give you some 'land-marks'. There are contributions about e.g. * pros et cons as for early college education, gifted underachievers etc., and contributions with focus on * 'the special population of gifted learners' as females, the disadvantaged, the disabled, the racial and ethnic minorities. * Further the very crucial subject: the influence of emotions on the development of the gifted, mentally and socially - is covered. * The self-perception of the gifted in a world which cannot provide realistic mirroring. * How gifted people are interacting with each other, in the family, and with siblings.
A multitude of entrances to the problems of 'the gifted learner in western societies' is representated in this volume, covering a broad range of perspectives. Further, there is elaborated reference material in connection to each contribution, directing you where to go for further reading. A good, broadbased introduction to the many areas a world, build on more modest intelligences, need to take into account, if wanting the gifted to be an integrated asset and the 'hope for the future' they actually are born to be.
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