Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education

Foreword by James H. Borland Authors' Biographies Introduction: Reflections on the road ahead Part I. Models, Definitions & Conceptual Challenges 1. Brightening Up: How Children Learn To Be Gifted, Guy Claxton & 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 & Christy Folsom 4. Giftedness: The Gift That Keeps On Giving, Dean Simonton 5. Talent Development: DMGT, Francoys Gagne 6. The Nature Of Creative Giftedness And Talent, Todd Lubart, Asta Georgsdottir & Maud Besancon 7. The Future Of The English Definition Of Giftedness, Thomas Balchin Part II. 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, & Annie Dreux 10. High Ability Education In Sweden: The Swedish Model, A...ke Edfeldt & Inger Wistedt 11. A Proposal For Gifted Education In Reluctant Schools: The Case Of The Greek School System, Elias Matsagouras & 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 & Elena L. Grigorenko 13. Russian Strategies For Talent Development: Stimulating Comfort And Discomfort, Victoria S. Yurkevich & 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 III. 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 & Mercedes Ferrando 20. Too Long Neglected: Giftedness In Younger

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