Rethinking gifted education / edited by James H. Borland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borland, James H.

Series:

Education and psychology of the gifted series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children--Education.

Gifted children.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2003]

Summary:

This fresh and provocative volume contains essays by leading thinkers on gifted education and by writers outside the field who have examined it critically. Each author examines, reconsiders, and challenges the assumptions and beliefs underlying the theory and practice of gifted education - providing a ""roadmap"" to guide both current considerations of and future planning for gifted education programs.

Contents:

Section I. Reconceptualizations of Giftedness

1. A Developmental, Evolutionary Perspective on Giftedness / David Henry Feldman 9

2. Beyond General Giftedness: New Ways to Identify and Educate Gifted, Talented, and Precocious Youth / John F. Feldhusen 34

3. Beyond School: In Search of Meaning / Mary Anne Heng 46

4. An Essay on Rethinking Theory as a Tool for Disciplined Inquiry / Laurence J. Coleman 61

5. Rethinking Gifted Education: A Phenomenological Critique of the Politics and Assumptions of the Empirical-Analytic Mode of Inquiry / Tracy L. Cross 72

6. Talent Development for Rural Communities / Aimee Howley, Craig B. Howley, Edwina D. Pendarvis 80

7. The Death of Giftedness: Gifted Education Without Gifted Children / James H. Borland 105

Section II. Gifted Education and Equity

8. Equity, Excellence, and School Reform: Why Is Finding Common Ground So Hard? / Mara Sapon-Shevin 127

9. Desegregating Gifted Education: Seeking Equity for Culturally Diverse Students / Donna Y. Ford 143

10. What's Missing in Gifted Education Reform / Margie K. Kitano 159

Section III. The Practice of Gifted Education

Identification Curriculum, and Programming

11. Curriculum Policy Development for Gifted Programs: Converting Issues in the Field to Coherent Practice / Joyce VanTassel-Baska 173

12. Reconsidering Regular Curriculum for High-Achieving Students, Gifted Underachievers, and the Relationship Between Gifted and Regular Education / Sally M. Reis 186

13. Issues in the Assessment of Talent Development / Susan K. Johnsen 201

14. Why Not Be Creative When We Enhance Creativity? / Jonathan A. Plucker, Ronald A. Beghetto 215

15. Beyond Bloom: Revisiting Environmental Factors That Enhance or Impede Talent Development / Rena F. Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Karen D. Arnold 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807743046

OCLC:

51251682