Minnesota public radio’s Daily Circuit show featured a program on child prodigies last December. Featured guests included Andrew Solomon, the author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity and David Shenk, the author of The Genius Read More …
Month: January 2013
Media Watch: Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons to Produce Series on Gifted Titled “Prodigies”
In what represents a potentially major venue to showcase the world of the gifted and talented, actor Jim Parsons, who plays Dr. Sheldon Cooper on CBS’ Big Bang Theory, is collaborating with Radical Media to executive produce a new television Read More …
Thoughts About Creativity
I am currently taking a class on creativity for my doctoral program, and we had an interesting conversation last week concerning the challenge of defining creativity. Everybody has a differing opinion on how to define it, and the argument in Read More …
Adventures in Talent Development…Not
In 2011, at the National Association for Gifted Children’s annual conference in New Orleans, NAGC President Dr. Olszewski-Kubilius gave an address outlining a paradigm shift in the way in which the organization would approach the field moving forward. Giftedness, she told us, would no Read More …
100-Year-Old Deathbed Dreams of Gifted Mathematician Proved True
Interesting story of a gifted mathematician from the early 20th Century. Take note of his initial scholastic underachievement, his single-minded focus on math, and his raw, natural talent. This story also demonstrates an example of the importance of mentors for Read More …
Gifted, the Grumblers, and Why Society Doesn’t Like Us – an Objective(ist) Viewpoint
I recently read a couple of very good articles on giftedness. The first was written by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist who works in the area of giftedness and creativity. The article, titled Who is Currently Gifted in Read More …