Gifted Children: Myths And Realities

Very nice book

Ellen Winner is a Boston College Psychology Professor and a researcher at Harvard.Her book summarizes IQ and psychology research on gifted children.Most interesting was how to predict what happens when become adults.Academic giftedness often defined as 98% = 130 IQ.Terman & other studies showed that most of these kids take the safe route to finance-business, law, medical-dental and academia.Who becomes a creator? Often it's the self-motivated kid from a stressed out, messed up family, like Eminem, the Mozart of Rap."Creators have to be willing to risk failure, since anything new is likely to be denounced." - Ellen Winner.Creators need a big ego and unshakable belief in their vision to withstand inevitable obstacles.Eminem had nothing to lose. Kid from a wealthy family and good school knows that if he conforms and studies there will be a big paycheck and an attractive spouse.Why bother begging for grants with real research or trying to patent protect an invention?Book explains why many kids burn out.Book talks about birth order, nature vs nurture, asynchronous development and what happens to prodigies. Musical prodigies dazzle with technical proficiency for their age, but must develop expressive flair to keep an audience as adults.

Short but Very well researched text. I'm not a fan of the term "retarded," which was used often in a few of the chapters when speaking of savant children.

As a certified gifted teacher, I recommend this book to teachers, parents and other interested individuals. And it's not just for people working with "smart" children....it also has excellent chapters on savants, children with multiple areas of speciality. Expresses some thought provoking ideas about our educational system and how it can deal with children who don't "color within the lines".

the author is well qualified to write on this subject. Her work is well known at Boston University and at Harward.

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This is a must read for ALL teachers and parents if children who are gifted. I wish I had purchased it when it first was released.

She nails it on gifted behavior! If you suspect your child is gifted get it stat! You will be glad you did

Muy interesante y revelador. Excelente documento que aborda de manera original y creativa los matices temáticos respecto de infancia y desarrollo temprano en niños.

A very different approach in understanding giftedness in children.