International Handbook on Giftedness

2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6161-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 1544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 266 mm, Gewicht: 3728 g

If you publish. you are trying to create something thatisoriginal,thatstandsoutfromthecrowd.Above all, you want to create something you are proud of. Richard Branson (2002, p. 57). After the publication of my bestselling International Handbook on Innovation, p- lishers from around the world began to invite me to work on new books with them. When Springer invited me to prepare the International Handbook on Giftedness,I was on a maternity leave with my 3-months-old and my 5-year-old was just starting school. I, however, had wanted to prepare such a Handbook for a long time and was waiting for just the right moment to dive right into such an endeavor. The time had come and I agreed to prepare a Handbook that would expose readers to new views, great discoveries, and signi?cant advancements of scienti?c knowledge, exactly as Richard Feynman advised (see his opening quote at the beginning of the introductory chapter). I have always been convinced of the paramount signi?cance of the topic of gi- edness and gifted education to the world as a whole. There is no doubt that gifted individuals were, are, and will be extremely important to society. One way to und- stand the history of human civilization is via inventions and discoveries of the gifted. All human cultural development builds on the amazing technological, scienti?c, e- cational, and moral achievements of the human mind. Today, people increasingly realize that gifted and talented individuals are even more important than in the past.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shavinina, Larisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Hochbegabtenförderung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication.- About the Authors.- Preface.- PART I. Introduction.- PART II. The Nature of Giftedness.- PART III. The Neuropsychology of Giftedness.- PART IV. Developmental and Cognitive Foundations of Giftedness.- PART V. Personality of the Gifted, Individual Differences, and Gender Related Issues.- PART VI. Twice-Exceptional Gifted Individuals and Suicide Related Issues.- PART VII. Types of Giftedness.- PART VIII. Domain-Specific and Multiple Giftedness.- PART IX. Giftedness, Society, and Economy.- PART X. Assessment and Identification of Giftedness.- PART XI. Recent Advances in Gifted Education.- PART XII. Policy Implications and Legal Issues in Gifted Education. PART XIII. Giftedness Research and Gifted Education around the World: Institutional and Regional Examples.- PART XIV. Conclusions.- Name Index.- Subject Index.