Overview

This book brings together recent postgraduate research in the broad area of giftedness, talent development and gifted education conducted across New Zealand and Australia. It addresses the significant demand for research in the field undertaken outside the United States and offers valuable practical insights.  Divided into 14 chapters, the book explores giftedness and talent in a diverse range of socioeconomic cohorts and contexts, including examinations of gender, race and ethnicity. Though primarily intended for practitioners, it will also benefit undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and educators in New Zealand, Australia and beyond.

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Author:   Nadine Ballam ,  Roger Moltzen
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   6.682kg
ISBN:  

9789811067006

ISBN 10:   9811067007
Pages:   351
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"1 Introduction to Giftedness and Talent: Australasian.- 2 Risk and Resilience in Gifted Young People from Low Socio-economic Backgrounds.- 3 Young Talented Readers: The Interaction and Engagement of Metacognition during Critical Literacy Discourse.- 4 Gifted Young Adolescents: The Synergy of Self.- 5 Group Support for Parents of Gifted Children in the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia.- ""Put Your Seatbelt On, Here We Go"": The Transition to School for Children Identified as Gifted.- 7 Academic Success among a Cohort of Gifted and Talented Māori and Pasifika Secondary School Boys: Elements Contributing to their Achievement.- 8 The Big-fish-little-pond Effect: Self-concepts of Gifted Students in a Part-time Gifted Programme.- 9 Gifted and Talented Adolescents' Experiences of School in Aotearoa in New Zealand.- 10 Spirituality and Giftedness Type: A Tale of Adolescent Variance.- 11 Full-year Acceleration of Gifted High School Students: A 360° View.- 12 The Role of Racial-ethnic Identity to the Educational Engagement of Culturally Diverse Gifted New Zealand Adolescents.- 13 Supporting the Development of Academic Talent: The Perspectives of Students, Parents and Teachers.- 14 Smart Girls in the Media: The Impact of Popular Culture on the Development of Adolescent Rural Gifted Girls' Identity and Subsequent Talent Development.- 15 An Enigma: Barriers to the Identification of Students who are Gifted with a Learning Disability."

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Roger Moltzen is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Prior to becoming an academic, he was a school teacher and principal. His previous roles at the University of Waikato include foundation chair of the Department of Human Development and Counselling, and Faculty Dean. He is the immediate past Chair of the New Zealand Council of Deans of Education. Roger has held visiting professorships at universities in the United States, England and Israel. His research and publications are in the areas of inclusive education, talent development, and tertiary teaching and learning. In 2005 he received the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Supreme Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award. Roger continues to teach and supervise at the University of Waikato as well as holding a number of national and international advisory and consultancy positions. Nadine Ballam is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her PhD research explored the lived experiences of gifted young people from low socio-economic backgrounds, an area of gifted education that she is passionate about continuing to explore. She also has an interest in risk and resilience, current issues in gifted education, and giftedness across the lifespan. Nadine is on the board of giftEDnz: The Professional Association for Gifted Education in New Zealand. She is also an Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Gifted Education (AJGE). Nadine teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students in the area of gifted and talented education, and supervises postgraduate research. She publishes and presents regularly on aspects of giftedness and talent at national and international conferences.

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