THE POWER OF SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTEDNESS - THE NEED FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL-CONTEXT

Authors
COLEMAN LJ
Citation
Lj. Coleman, THE POWER OF SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTEDNESS - THE NEED FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL-CONTEXT, The Gifted child quarterly, 39(3), 1995, pp. 171-176
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special
Journal title
The Gifted child quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169862
Volume
39
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
171 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9862(1995)39:3<171:TPOSEE>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The paper argues that educators of the gifted have overlooked importan t evidence on the power of special environments because of our habit o f considering cognitive outcomes and an outsider view of evidence as t he standard for judging the benefits of special environments. The auth or proposes that social context be used as a construct to help rethink how to study the benefits of special environments.