Английская Википедия:Gifted At-Risk
Gifted students are outstanding learners who are not usually considered at risk of academic failure or problems. However, gifted students can still underachieve.[1] There are risks related to the student's giftedness. This concept was formally set forth in 1972 in the U.S. in the Marland Report:
Gifted and talented children are, in fact, deprived and can suffer psychological damage and permanent impairment of their abilities to function well which is equal to or greater than the similar deprivation suffered by any other population with special needs served by the Office of Education.[2]
Specific risks
However, the following risks are listed in The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children:
- frustration, irritability, anxiety, tedium, and social isolationШаблон:Sfn
- intense social isolation and stress among those with IQ greater than 160Шаблон:Sfn
- difficulty making friends due to advanced concept of friendship, mostly among those less than age 10Шаблон:Sfn
- de-motivation, low self-esteem, and social rejection among the exceptionally giftedШаблон:Sfn
- emotional awareness beyond their ability to controlШаблон:Sfn
- difficulty with peer relations proportional to their IQШаблон:Sfn
- loneliness, anxieties, phobias, interpersonal problems, fear of failure, and perfectionismШаблон:Sfn
- underachievement for social acceptanceШаблон:Sfn
- lack of resilience reinforced by easy work and well-intentioned but misguided praiseШаблон:Sfn
- increasing perfectionism throughout school years among girlsШаблон:Sfn
- fear of failure and risk avoidance due to perfectionismШаблон:Sfn
- depression among creatively giftedШаблон:Sfn
There is a cause-and-effect relationship between the unmet learning needs of gifted students and the above risks. "Research indicates that many of the emotional and social difficulties gifted students experience disappear when their educational climates are adapted to their level and pace of learning."Шаблон:Sfn
Linda Kreger Silverman enumerates these additional risks:[3]
- refusal to do routine, repetitive assignments
- inappropriate criticism of others
- lack of awareness of impact on others
- difficulty accepting criticism
- hiding talents to fit in with peers
- nonconformity and resistance to authority
- poor study habits
Further, there exists anecdotal evidence of truancy problems with gifted children, who sometimes miss school because of disengagement, and worse, fear of bullying. In 1999, legislation was introduced in Colorado to recognize gifted students as at-risk, with truancy as a factor, but the bill did not become law.[4]
Lastly, meta-analysis from the paper "Gifted Students Who Drop Out—Who and Why: A Meta-Analytical Review of the Literature" shows two key points. First, 4.5% of high school dropouts are gifted, and they leave school in part because of school-related issues.[5] One would expect a very few gifted children to drop out, given the ease with which they can excel in school. According to the Achievement Trap, this problem is even more pronounced among economically disadvantaged children.[6]
See also
References
Notes
Sources
Further reading
External links
- Achievement Trap: How America Is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families
- Hoagies' - Gifted Students At Risk
- Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Learners
- SENG - Gifted kids at risk: Who's listening?
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Marland, S. P., Jr. (1972). Education of the gifted and talented Шаблон:Webarchive Report to the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Commissioner of Education and background papers submitted to the U.S. Office of Education, 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. (Government Documents Y4.L 11/2: G36), pp. xi-xii.
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