The Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education (Paperback)

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, Ake 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 Children, Valsa Koshy  21. Teaching The Able Child … Or Teaching The Child To Be Able? Jan Hughes  22. Global Success And Giftedness, Carmen Cretu  23. A Reconsideration Of The Widely Held Conviction That Gifted Students Prefer To Work Alone, Lisa R. French & Bruce M. Shore  Part IV. Theory into Practice: Differentiation Strategies, Tools, and Approaches  24. A Computerized Strength Assessment And Internet-Based Enrichment Program For Developing Giftedness And Talents, Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis  25. Acceleration: Meeting The Academic And Social Needs Of Students, Nicholas Colangelo & Susan Assouline  26. Recognising And Fostering Creative Production, Thomas Balchin  27. Programming For Talent Development: Expanding Horizons For Gifted Education, Donald Treffinger, Carole A. Nassab & Edwin C. Selby  28. Special Educational Needs And Dual Exceptionality, Diane Montgomery  29. Visual Thinking: A Gifted Boy With Asperger Syndrome, Wieslawa Limont  30. Challenge And Creativity: Making The Links, Helen Wilson  31. Educating For Enquiry: Personalising Learning Through Dialogic Teaching, Robert Fisher  Part V. Expanding Horizons: Supporting Gifted Development More Broadly  32. Wisdom, Intelligence, Creativity, Synthesised: A Model Of Giftedness, Robert Sternberg  33. Fostering Giftedness In Urban And Diverse Communities: Context-Sensitive Solutions, Ian Warwick & Dona Matthews  34. The Role Of Gifted Education In Promoting Cultural Diversity, Joyce VanTassel-Baska  35. Developing Pupils' Problem-Solving And Thinking Skills, Belle Wallace  36. Creating Inclusive And Inclusional Understandings Of Gifts And Talents Through Living Educational Theory Research, Marie Huxtable  37. Beyond Compare? Thoughts Towards An Inclusional, Fluid, And Non-Normative Understanding Of Giftedness, Barry J. Hymer  38. Self-Theories And Lessons For Giftedness: A Reflective Conversation, Carol S. Dweck  39. Turning Points And Future Directions In Gifted Education And Talent Development, Sally M. Reis