Gifted labeling: a force for good and evil, Part 2
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in education, gifted, intelligence, opinion, personal, thought | 1 Comment »First of all, I'd like to announce my participation in Blog Action Day this coming Monday! On "Blog Action Day", October 15, thousands of bloggers will post about one topic - the environment - in many different ways. ...
Gifted labeling: a force for good and evil, Part 1
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Posted in education, gifted, intelligence, opinion, thought | 2 Comments »When I started to write this, I realized that I wanted to say more than could fit in a single post. So, instead of trying to cram it in, I've divided it into two parts, the second of which ...
How to Prevent Another Leonardo da Vinci
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 Posted in education, intelligence, opinion, science, thought | 48 Comments »EDIT: This post has been chosen as a finalist in the 2007 Edublog Awards! Thank you to all its readers! :) Earlier today, a friend and former teacher of mine made a post (private on another blog, and therefore unlinkable) ...
The importance of the “rage to master”
Monday, March 26th, 2007 Posted in intelligence, opinion, thought | 1 Comment »The "rage to master" is one of the most important ideas in the study of talent and giftedness. The term was coined by Ellen Winner, I believe, in her 1996 book, Gifted Children: Myths and Realities. To paraphrase ...
Apologies and a pet project
Monday, March 12th, 2007 Posted in education, intelligence, personal | No Comments »Sincere apologies for the lack of updates these past few weeks - things have been... not well, in my life. Things have been bad enough that I haven't been able to find the motivation to write (at least not ...
