The Palgrave Handbook of Transformational Giftedness for Education

This handbook explores how gifted students can make a positive impact on the world by using their skills to create a better and more just place. It emphasizes that "giftedness" is not just a transaction but a way to give back and make a difference.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 446 pages
Publication date: 24 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This handbook delves into the transformative potential of education, specifically geared towards nurturing gifted students and shaping a better world for all, rather than just those who receive additional resources through school labels. The editors embark on a thoughtful exploration, seeking to understand how gifted individuals can strive to make a positive, meaningful, and enduring impact on the world's issues that are in need of change. They challenge the narrow view of "giftedness" as a mere transactional exchange, where being labeled as "gifted" leads to personal benefits such as prestigious education, higher income, or exclusive community residence. Instead, the overarching goal of this book is to present conceptions of what identification and instruction of the gifted would look like if the focus of gifted education shifted towards transformational rather than transactional approaches.

What if gifted education went beyond acceleration versus enrichment, or pull-out versus in-class integration, and instead focused on how to be gifted in giving back—in utilizing one's gifts to create a better world? The handbook offers insightful perspectives and practical ideas to educators, policymakers, and parents, encouraging them to reimagine the possibilities of gifted education and empower gifted students to become agents of change. By nurturing their unique abilities and passions, they can contribute to a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable future for generations to come.

Weight: 718g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030916206
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022