Understanding Gifted Adolescents: Accepting the Exceptional

by Joanna Simpson, Megan Glover Adams

Overview

Understanding Gifted Adolescents: Accepting the Exceptional addresses the basis of exclusive education for gifted adolescents from the theoretical perspective of social identity. Using the lens of social identity theory and adolescent development related to giftedness, this book builds the case for a curriculum for gifted adolescents. By providing a comprehensive foundation for exploring the concept of a more exclusive education scholastically, and debunking the “elitist” concept of gifted education, this book is a well-organized and clearly-structured exposition for the philosophy of gifted education, as well as a means of putting a curricular model into practice in American high schools. With pointed critiques of differentiated instruction in the general education classroom and the current trend of standardization and normalization in the current educational climate, a new philosophy for addressing gifted education is presented.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739195574
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	12/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joanna Simpson is associate professor and director of academic programs for the College of Education at Grand Canyon University.

Megan Adams is assistant professor and director of the Center for Literacy and Learning at Kennesaw State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Social Identity Theory and Giftedness
Chapter 2: Socioemotional Needs of Gifted Adolescents
Chapter 3: Elitism and Social Equality
Chapter 4: Gifted Curricular Programs
Chapter 5: Differentiated Instruction
Chapter 6: Standardizing Giftedness
Chapter 7: Asset Based Approaches
Chapter 8: Teaching the Gifted

Editorial Reviews

Educators Simpson and Adams provide an accessible guide for parents and teachers on supporting and advocating for gifted students, with a special focus on those who are under recognized because of poverty, race, or ethnicity.... The authors’ intentions are excellent, and the text is enlivened with stories and imparts enthusiasm for the subject.... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.

Choice Reviews

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the most up-to-date research regarding gifted adolescents and their social-emotional development. Simpson and Adams indulge the reader by providing gifted student scenarios with helpful tips to deal with gifted tendencies.

Patty Messer

Understanding Gifted Adolescents: Accepting the Exceptional provides extensive research and knowledge in regards to America’s failing education system for the gifted. It makes a significant contribution to the study of adolescence by discussing how limitations on gifted children’s education are detrimental to their development. (2018)

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Educators Simpson and Adams provide an accessible guide for parents and teachers on supporting and advocating for gifted students, with a special focus on those who are under recognized because of poverty, race, or ethnicity.... The authors’ intentions are excellent, and the text is enlivened with stories and imparts enthusiasm for the subject.... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.

Choice

Educators Simpson and Adams provide an accessible guide for parents and teachers on supporting and advocating for gifted students, with a special focus on those who are under recognized because of poverty, race, or ethnicity.... The authors’ intentions are excellent, and the text is enlivened with stories and imparts enthusiasm for the subject.... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.

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