Description

Myths and misconceptions about gifted children abound and cloud our understanding of what these children are like and how they should be educated. Gifted Children examines the latest scientific evidence about the biological basis of giftedness as well as the role played by parents and schools in fostering exceptional abilities.

Most of what we know about the gifted pertains to those with high IQs, but Winner shows that children gifted in art or music face the same problems that confront the high-IQ child notably, social isolation. High intelligence has been assumed to underlie giftedness in any area, but Winner shows IQ to be unrelated to giftedness in art or music. High-IQ children are not necessarily “globally gifted, ” but often have sharply uneven intellectual profiles. The link between giftedness in childhood and success in adulthood is fragile and tenuous at best.

Winner castigates schools for wasting resources on weak educational programs for the moderately gifted. Instead she advocates elevating standards for all, while strengthening programs for the extremely gifted.

Author: Winner, Ellen

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 465017592
Language: English
Pages: 464