Running the long race in gifted education
Subtitle: narratives and interviews from culturally diverse gifted adults
By: edited by Joy M. Scott-Carrol, and Anthony Sparks ; foreword by Diana Slaughter Kotzin
Publisher: Book Publishers Network
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bothell, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781940598932; 9781945271007
Subjects: African American students; Personal narratives; Minority students; Gifted persons; Psychological aspects; Gifted children; Education; Talented students; Social perception; Success; Self-realization
Description: How do people identified as gifted respond to being labeled as such? And does it matter if the person is culturally diverse and underrepresented as a gifted individual? The editors answer those questions with personal narratives of fifteen adults who have navigated through life with this gifted identity. Representing a broad spectrum of racial, ethnic, and regional backgrounds, the adult contributors describe in detail what it is like owning the gifted identity throughout one's life.--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Identification and participation in gifted and talented programs; title: Part II. Navigating adulthood and careers; title: Part III. Navigating cross-cultural acess, survival, and what's expected of me; title: Part IV. Navigating families; title: Part V. Navigating self: to belong or not to belong.