Publisher's Synopsis
This handbook incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education.
It consists of six sections:
It consists of six sections:
- History and global perspectives on the gifted field and talent development
- Theories and conceptions of giftedness and talent development
- Gifted identification and assessment
- Gifted education
- Psychological considerations in understanding the gifted (e.g., the family, social and emotional considerations, friendships and peer relations)
- Special issues facing the gifted (e.g., policy and legal issues the twice exceptional learner underachievement and the gifted ADHD and the gifted suicide perfectionism bullying)
