A conceptual history of gifted education: 1910-1940.This study provides a critical systematic investigation of the conceptual history Conceptual history (also the History of Concepts) is a term used to describe a branch of the humanities, in particular of historical and cultural studies, which deals with the historical semantics of terms. of gifted education Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented. Programs providing such education are sometimes called Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) or . The goal is to better understand the basic concepts that evolved from pioneering researchers' contributions and influence on gifted education, how they changed or influenced later conceptions, the enduring streams of research and classroom applications, and why these streams of research developed as they did. The interplay in·ter·play n. Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction. intr.v. in·ter·played, in·ter·play·ing, in·ter·plays To act or react on each other; interact. of historical methods and grounded theory allowed the development of a framework that revealed influences and connections between the foundations, pioneers, educational practices, definitions, theories, and streams of research in gifted education from 1910 to 1940. This study focused heavily on the analysis and evaluation of primary documents, which included articles, personal correspondences, and memoirs mem·oir n. 1. An account of the personal experiences of an author. 2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural. 3. A biography or biographical sketch. 4. written by the pioneering researchers. The four main pioneers studied were Lewis M. Terman Ter·man , Lewis Madison 1877-1956. American psychologist who developed the intelligence quotient (IQ) as a measure of intelligence and created an English version of the tests used in the Binet-Simon scale. , Leta S. Hollingworth, Lulu Stedman, and Guy M. Whipple. Connections and comparisons were drawn between the work of these four individuals and the field of gifted education in its present state. Jennifer L. Jolly (2004) Baylor University Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The library has a noted Robert Browning collection. Jennifer L. Jolly completed her Ph.D. in educational psychology with an emphasis in gifted education at Baylor University. She is currently an acquisitions editor for Prufrock Press in Austin, TX. She also teaches at Concordia University and edits Tempo for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented. Her research interests include the history of gifted education and identification of gifted leaders. E-mail: jjolly@prufrock.com |
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