Exceptionality in East Asia: Explorations in the Actiotope Model of Giftedness

ISBN-13: 9780415507271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 304 str.

Shane N. Phillipson; Heidrun Stoeger; Albert Ziegler

Opis

Using the actiotope model of giftedness to integrate a broad range of research, this book features a number of chapters written by internationally recognized scholars in a frank and lively discussion about the origins of exceptionality in students from East Asia.

Spis treści

List of contributors  Foreword  Preface  1. The actiotope model of giftedness: An introduction to some central theoretical assumptions  2. Talent Development as Adaption: The Role of Educational and Learning Capital  3. Confucianism, learning self-concept and the development of exceptionality  4. Pathways to Artistic Giftedness: Developmental Theory as a Complement to the Actiotope Model of Giftedness  5. Chinese Students and Mathematical Problem Solving: An Application of the Actiotope Model of Giftedness  6. Intelligence and academic achievement – with a focus on the actiotope model of giftedness  7. Goal orientations and the development of subjective action space in Chinese students  8. Social-emotional development of Chinese gifted students: A review based within the actiotope model of giftedness  9. The ‘Tiger Mother’ factor: Curriculum, schooling and mentoring of Asian students in an Australian context  10. Parental involvement within the actiotope model of giftedness: What it means for East-Asian students  11. Support-oriented identification of gifted students in East Asia according to the actiotope model of giftedness  12. Twice-exceptional students with deafness or hard-of-hearing and giftedness  13. Gifted education policy and the development of exceptionality: A Hong Kong perspective  14. The gifted and talented and effective learning: A Focus on the actiotope model of giftedness in the Asian context