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The Resource Gifted children : myths and realities, Ellen Winner
Gifted children : myths and realities, Ellen Winner
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- Summary
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- Gifted children - children years ahead of their peers - have long inspired fascination, envy, fear, and rejection. Misconceptions about children with special abilities abound. In this fascinating book, Ellen Winner uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what these children are really like. Using vivid case studies, Winner paints a complex picture of the gifted child. Here we meet David, a three-year-old who learned to read in two weeks; KyLee, a five-year-old who mastered on his own all of the math concepts expected by the end of elementary school; and Nadia, an autistic and retarded "savant" who nevertheless could draw like a Renaissance master
- Winner uses her research with these and several other extraordinary children, as well as the latest biological and psychological evidence, to debunk the many myths about academic, musical, and artistic giftedness. For instance, one myth is that children with high IQs have a general intellectual power that makes them equally gifted in all school subjects. In fact, these children often have sharply uneven profiles; they may even be gifted in one academic area and learning disabled in another. Another myth is that parents of gifted children drive their children too hard and make them burn out. In reality, most parents of gifted children are allies, not slave drivers, and few gifts can develop without a parent or surrogate parent pushing behind the scenes
- Gifted Children also looks at the role played by schools in fostering exceptional abilities. Winner castigates schools for wasting resources on weak educational programs for the moderately gifted. Instead, she advocates elevating standards for all children and focusing our resources for gifted education on those with extreme abilities - children who are left untouched by the kinds of minimal programs we have today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 449 pages
- Contents
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- 1. Nine Myths About Giftedness
- 2. Globally Gifted: The Children Behind the Myth
- 3. Unevenly Gifted, Even Learning Disabled
- 4. Artistic and Musical Children
- 5. The IQ Myth
- 6. The Biology of Giftedness
- 7. Giftedness and the Family
- 8. So Different from Others: The Emotional Life of the Gifted Child
- 9. Schools: How They Fail, How They Could Help
- 10. What Happens to Gifted Children When They Grow Up?
- 11. Sorting Myth from Reality
- Isbn
- 9780465017607
- Label
- Gifted children : myths and realities
- Title
- Gifted children
- Title remainder
- myths and realities
- Statement of responsibility
- Ellen Winner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Gifted children - children years ahead of their peers - have long inspired fascination, envy, fear, and rejection. Misconceptions about children with special abilities abound. In this fascinating book, Ellen Winner uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what these children are really like. Using vivid case studies, Winner paints a complex picture of the gifted child. Here we meet David, a three-year-old who learned to read in two weeks; KyLee, a five-year-old who mastered on his own all of the math concepts expected by the end of elementary school; and Nadia, an autistic and retarded "savant" who nevertheless could draw like a Renaissance master
- Winner uses her research with these and several other extraordinary children, as well as the latest biological and psychological evidence, to debunk the many myths about academic, musical, and artistic giftedness. For instance, one myth is that children with high IQs have a general intellectual power that makes them equally gifted in all school subjects. In fact, these children often have sharply uneven profiles; they may even be gifted in one academic area and learning disabled in another. Another myth is that parents of gifted children drive their children too hard and make them burn out. In reality, most parents of gifted children are allies, not slave drivers, and few gifts can develop without a parent or surrogate parent pushing behind the scenes
- Gifted Children also looks at the role played by schools in fostering exceptional abilities. Winner castigates schools for wasting resources on weak educational programs for the moderately gifted. Instead, she advocates elevating standards for all children and focusing our resources for gifted education on those with extreme abilities - children who are left untouched by the kinds of minimal programs we have today
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winner, Ellen
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ773.5
- LC item number
- .W55 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Gifted children
- Gifted children
- Hoogbegaafdheid
- Kinderen
- Begabung
- Kind
- Hochbegabung
- Label
- Gifted children : myths and realities, Ellen Winner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-431) and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- 1. Nine Myths About Giftedness -- 2. Globally Gifted: The Children Behind the Myth -- 3. Unevenly Gifted, Even Learning Disabled -- 4. Artistic and Musical Children -- 5. The IQ Myth -- 6. The Biology of Giftedness -- 7. Giftedness and the Family -- 8. So Different from Others: The Emotional Life of the Gifted Child -- 9. Schools: How They Fail, How They Could Help -- 10. What Happens to Gifted Children When They Grow Up? -- 11. Sorting Myth from Reality
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 449 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465017607
- Lccn
- 95049279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)33664946
- (OCoLC)ocm33664946
- Label
- Gifted children : myths and realities, Ellen Winner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-431) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Nine Myths About Giftedness -- 2. Globally Gifted: The Children Behind the Myth -- 3. Unevenly Gifted, Even Learning Disabled -- 4. Artistic and Musical Children -- 5. The IQ Myth -- 6. The Biology of Giftedness -- 7. Giftedness and the Family -- 8. So Different from Others: The Emotional Life of the Gifted Child -- 9. Schools: How They Fail, How They Could Help -- 10. What Happens to Gifted Children When They Grow Up? -- 11. Sorting Myth from Reality
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 449 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465017607
- Lccn
- 95049279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)33664946
- (OCoLC)ocm33664946
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