The Nature and Nurture of Giftedness

A New Framework for Understanding Gifted Education

David Yun Dai author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Teachers' College Press

Published:11th Jul '10

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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

Dimensions: 228mm x 165mm x 25mm

Weight: 571g

312 pages