16 October 2002
Handbook of Gifted Education
Written by well-known scholars in the field, Handbook of Gifted Education is the most complete text in the field of gifted education and contains an excellent balance of research and practical applications.
“This is one of the better examples of a graduate school textbook: clear, concise writing, presentation that is professional without being overly pedantic, logical topic organization, representation from a variety of experts in the field.”
Professor M. Gail Hickey – Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
“Handbook of Gifted Education is the best text for my course. It is a comprehensive reference on major topics and issues in gifted education. Noted experts author the chapters that include research and excellent reference lists.”
Professor Nancy S. Breard – Converse College, South Carolina
New to this Edition
- Ten chapters on NEW TOPICS, such as: high-risk gifted learners; the development of social skills in gifted learners; the science and politics of intelligence; creativity; thinking skills; exceptional spatial abilities; theory and conceptions of creativity; transforming gifts into talents; gifted education in rural schools; and technology in gifted education.
- Addition of end-of-chapter questions makes the text reader- and classroomfriendly.
- Deals with counseling the gifted as well as social and emotional issues.
- Chapters contain case studies and scenarios designed to bring out the lives of gifted children.
- Discusses gifted students with disabilities.
The authors
Nicholas Colangelo (Professor of Gifted Education at The University of Iowa) and Gary A. Davis (Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison) are the editors of this book, which consists of contributions from numerous experts in the fields of giftedness, creativity, and intelligence.
Title
Handbook of Gifted Education
Third Edition
Author(s)
Nicholas Colangelo, Gary A.Davis
Publisher
Allyn & Bacon – Pearson Education, Inc. | ©2003
ISBN
9780205340637
Review
This hefty book was used as the standard textbook until 2014 in the ECHA training program ‘Specialist in Gifted Education’ at the CBO (Center for Giftedness Research) at Radboud University in Nijmegen. It is a thick volume of about six hundred pages, written in English with very small print, and contains the best summary of what—at that time—was considered essential knowledge about giftedness.
Sabine Sypré, founder of Hoogbloeier
