NAGC 56th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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Paying Attention to the Non-Asset Side of Giftedness: A Conceptual Shift
Track
:
Conceptual Foundations
Program Code:
060
Date:
Friday, November 6, 2009
Time:
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
EST
Room:
265
CO-PRESENTER
:
mariam willis, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Jean Peterson, Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
mariam willis, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
PRESENTER
(S):
Jean Peterson, Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
mariam willis, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
Description
A researcher of social and emotional development and a gifted professional who experienced and articulated burdens of high capability for an extended time present perspectives related to conceptualizing giftedness and the field holistically. Various phenomena have had little or no scholarly or proactive developmental attention. Therefore, a multitude of dark factors, which potentially affect academic and talent performance, are off radar. The concept of developmental stuckness, in regard to career, relationships, identity, autonomy, and emotional differentiation, is not acknowledged. Though intelligence is a factor of resilience, invisible dimensions can contribute to difficulties, including after students leave protective K-12 structures.
