Overview
- First ever handbook on giftedness and talent development for the Asia-Pacific region
- Offers a diverse and comprehensive overview of contemporary research in gifted education in Asia-Pacific
- Provides a strong focus on pedagogy and is beneficial to researchers and practitioners
Part of the book series: Springer International Handbooks of Education (SIHE)
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Table of contents (64 entries)
Keywords
- gifted and talented students
- gifted and talented education
- high ability and talent development
- indigenous gifted and talent development
- culture conceptions and giftedness
- Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration
- ability grouping
- social emotional learning
- giftedness and identity and belonging
- teacher professional development
- effective teacher and talent cultivation
- higher education gifted students
- counselling gifted for talent development
About this book
The book brings together contributions from 18 countries, providing a diverse, unique and comprehensive contemporary research and practice on giftedness and talent development in the Asia-Pacific region. It highlights contemporary issues and incorporates important topics such as conceptions, identification, curriculum, and programmes. Chapters in the book will include a stronger focus on pedagogy that could assist researchers, academics and educators, post-graduate students, families, advocates, teachers and practitioners, and other stakeholders to support gifted students. It also informs pre-service education programmes in gifted education, in-service professional learning programmes, and future research and practice in this region of the world.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific
Editors: Susen R. Smith
Series Title: Springer International Handbooks of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3021-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Education, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Education
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-3021-6Due: 24 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2197-1951
Series E-ISSN: 2197-196X
Topics: Educational Psychology, Child and School Psychology, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Learning & Instruction, Curriculum Studies
Industry Sectors: Engineering