Beyond Transformational Giftedness

Autor/inn/en	Sternberg, Robert J.; Chowkase, Aakash; Desmet, Ophélie; Karami, Sareh; Landy, Jenna; Lu, Jialin
Titel	Beyond Transformational Giftedness
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 192 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sternberg, Robert J.) ORCID (Chowkase, Aakash) ORCID (Desmet, Ophélie) ORCID (Landy, Jenna)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Gifted; Transformational Leadership; Definitions; Identification; Change Agents; Individual Development; Self Actualization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Begriffsbestimmung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung
Abstract	This article discusses kinds of transformational giftedness, or giftedness that makes a positive, meaningful, and possibly enduring difference to the world. We extend previous work by suggesting that there are two kinds of transformation that matter: self-transformation and other-transformation. Combining these two kinds of transformation yields a 2 × 2 grid of four kinds of giftedness: non-transformational giftedness (no transformation), transformational giftedness (self- and other-transformation combined), self-realized giftedness (whereby one transforms oneself but not others), and other-realized giftedness (whereby one transforms others but not oneself). We open with a discussion of some of the history of conceptions of giftedness. Then we discuss transformational giftedness as it has been defined in the recent past. We then introduce our concepts of self- and other-transformation. We also describe two other kinds of giftedness--inert giftedness, which is giftedness in personal attributes that has not been realized in interactions with others and the world; and transactional giftedness, which is a give-and-take form of giftedness whereby one meets certain societal expectations in exchange for being identified as gifted. We finally conclude that the gifted movement needs to focus much more on developing transformational giftedness, or at least the potential for it, in our young people. (As Provided).
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