A New View on Giftedness?

Autor/in	Nolte, Marianne
Titel	A New View on Giftedness?
Quelle	In: High Ability Studies, 23 (2012) 1, S.85-87 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-8139
DOI	10.1080/13598139.2012.679100
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Talent; Gifted; Models; Educational Theories; Attitude Change; Student Needs; Social Environment; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabung; Hochbegabung; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Analogiemodell; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Models of giftedness are aimed at creating a picture of aspects which are important for developing a special talent. Approved models of giftedness are based on influencing factors like genetic, environmental and individual orientated variables. Within the approach of these models lay a shift in the conceptions about giftedness from individual orientated perspectives to a multidimensional approach. These models are sufficient to describe the development of a special talent or of special achievements as a process built on the activities of a person learning in a social situation with opportunities and hindrances offered by other persons and further situational factors. But the described models do not focus on the interdependencies of the mentioned variables. Therefore, for Ziegler and Phillipson these approaches are insufficient. They favor a broader view, taking into account interactions between the components of previous models and more, pointing on a variety of possible influences and their interdependencies. Focusing especially on the interdependency of influencing factors in a developing system the authors depict the dynamic of reciprocal affecting variables. The theory gives an impression about the complexity of influencing and interplaying factors. Thus this approach values reality, but at the same time raises the question how to represent so many factors in a model. At the moment, the actiotope model poses open questions and therefore inspires discussions about the process of development of giftedness. Especially due to the necessity to deal with complex and dynamic systems, the question of controlling the procedures comes up again. It is to credit the authors that they do not exclude influencing factors but encourage the scientific community to take them into account. So it is time to start a discussion about a change of perspective on giftedness. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10