Gifted Children Grown Up (NACE/Fulton Publication) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Sometimes people ask why there should be any particular concern for gifted lads and girls..." (more)
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Product Description

More than a quarter of a century ago, Joan Freeman began this study of 210 children, comparing the recognized gifted, the unrecognized gifted and their classmates. This book: describes what happened to them and their families as they grew up and coped with their different circumstances. It also looks at the problems they faced, often described in their own words and contains personal details from in-depth interviews in homes and schools all over Britain, which are at times startling and sometimes depressing. It lays to rest many myths about the development of gifted children.

The book offers insights into the special situations of the gifted and points out much needed changes in their care and education. It is not only important for their own fulfillment and happiness, but for the future of society.

About the Author

Joan Freeman is Visiting Professor, University of Middlesex

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: David Fulton Publish; 1 edition (August 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853468312
• ISBN-13: 978-1853468315
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,498,054 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Smug, Non-Factual, August 13, 2003

By A Customer

I expected to read a book of the calibre published by Dr. Freeman's American rival, Dr. Silverman. I was horribly dissapointed. This book is short, dry and non-compassionate. There is a particularly smug character to it that I found offensive. Adding to this is contradiction - Dr. Freeman believes there is no such thing as Gifted people, but she writes a book on them. Forgive my confusion. I strongly advise anyone interested in the Gifted to look elsewhere.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 19th-century mental health advice, May 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gifted Children Growing Up (Paperback)

I tried very hard to like this book, and to find positive aspects to it. But in the end, it was only a bizarre self-important book containing theories and ideas obsolescent by degree of generations, I am sad to say, compared to work on the same subject from the other side of the Atlantic.

I would endorse this book as a demonstration of how "not" to understand the controversial issue of Gifted children.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare Book on Giftedness Based on Scientific Research, December 10, 2003

By	Karl M. Bunday (Minnetonka, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had the privilege of meeting the author of this book at her invited talk at the Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) conference in suburban Minneapolis, MN in 2002. What a breath of fresh air! Freeman, whose articles on the development of gifted young people are in all the better anthologies on giftedness, used a rare research design with two control groups--a group of gifted young people (by IQ test) who were not identified as gifted, and a group of matched controls not selected by IQ. This experimental design ought to be used more often in studies of giftedness in the United States. Freeman has also followed her subjects more closely, and for longer, than most other current authors of books on gifted childen as they grow up. I can tell from meeting her that she is very intelligent herself, and her book makes a great contribution to the literature, refuting the mythology found in many other books on the subject. Freeman's book is definitely worth reading for any parent of an identified gifted child.