Provides an examination of the nature of giftedness and proposes a new framework for the field of gifted education. This book scrutinizes some deeply held assumptions about the nature of giftedness and explains why a contextual, developmental approach is a more viable alternative to the traditional psychometric approach. It tackles tensions between the gifted-child and talent development movements, and between excellence and equity, and responds to the 'elitism' criticisms.
ISBN: | 9780807750872 |
Publication date: | 11th July 2010 |
Author: | David Yun Dai |
Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 303 pages |
Series: | Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series |
Genres: |
Teaching of gifted or talented students |