Giftedness and Talent

Chapter 1 Introduction to Giftedness and Talent: Australasian Perspectives

Chapter 2 Risk and Resilience in Gifted Young People from Low Socio-Economic Backgrounds

Chapter 3 Young Talented Readers: The Interaction and Engagement of Metacognition During Critical Literacy Discourse

Chapter 4 Gifted Young Adolescents: The Synergy of Self

Chapter 5 Group Support for Parents of Gifted Children in the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia

Chapter 6 ‘Put Your Seatbelt On, Here We Go’: The Transition to School for Children Identified as Gifted

Chapter 7 Academic Success Among a Cohort of Gifted and Talented Māori and Pasifika Secondary School Boys: Elements Contributing to Their Achievement

Chapter 8 The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: Self-Concepts of Gifted Students in a Part-Time Gifted Programme

Chapter 9 Gifted and Talented Adolescents’ Experiences of School in Aotearoa New Zealand

Chapter 10 Spirituality and Giftedness Type: A Tale of Adolescent Variance

Chapter 11 Full-year Acceleration of Gifted High School Students: A 360° View

Chapter 12 The Role of Racial-Ethnic Identity to the Educational Engagement of Culturally Diverse Gifted New Zealand Adolescents

Chapter 13 Supporting the Development of Academic Talent: The Perspectives of Students, Parents and Teachers

Chapter 14 Smart Girls in the Media: The Impact of Popular Culture on the Development of Adolescent Rural Gifted Girls’ Identity and Subsequent Talent Development

Chapter 15 An Enigma: Barriers to the Identification of Students Who Are Gifted with a Learning Disability