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The book is designed as the primary text for courses that consider the nature of giftedness. It offers a strong introduction to the study of gifted education, and is accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. Chapters address the following topics: the study of gifted students; heredity and environment; intelligence constructs; creativity constructs; adulthood--eminence, leadership, and careers; academically talented children; children with talent in the visual and performing arts; typical gifted development; precocious development; inhibited development--underachievement; unfair discrimination, poverty, and minority gifted children; and methods of talent development. Extensive references are included. (DB)

Preparations - Evaluation - Instruction - Individuals and systems - Pace and content - Enrichment - Instructional format - Social implications___

This second edition of the often-cited book on anti-intellectualism, Out of Our Minds, focuses on U.S. schools' failure to care for the intellects and talents of all children, gifted children in particular. The revision comprises nine chapters on these topics: What is intellect and why is it important?; The failure to cultivate intellect in American schooling; Intellectualism and anti-intellectualism among teachers; Families and credentialism; The anti-intellectual university; Anti-intellectual programming for the gifted; Ethics, justice, equality, and intellect; Where an intellectual education might reside; and What an intellectual education might look like. The authors provocatively examine issues of poverty, racism, and sexism and look at new information on the roles of higher education, media and technology, privatization, families, and the global economy as they pertain to the education of students in American schools.

Preparations - Evaluation - Instruction - Individuals and systems - Pace and content - Enrichment - Instructional format - Social implications___

The book is designed as the primary text for courses that consider the nature of giftedness. It offers a strong introduction to the study of gifted education, and is accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. Chapters address the following topics: the study of gifted students; heredity and environment; intelligence constructs; creativity constructs; adulthood--eminence, leadership, and careers; academically talented children; children with talent in the visual and performing arts; typical gifted development; precocious development; inhibited development--underachievement; unfair discrimination, poverty, and minority gifted children; and methods of talent development. Extensive references are included. (DB)