2019 WCGTC World Conference

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3.6.13 Social and Emotional Gifted Characteristics and Over-Excitabilities in Students and in Teachers

Intensity is recognized as a pervasive psychosocial characteristic of gifted learners (Daniels & Piechowski, 2008; Webb, 2013; Delisle & Galbraith, 2002). Teachers are taught to recognize gifted characteristics including those identified as “over-excitabilities” (Dabrowski & Piechowski, 1977) and seen as intensity, perfectionism, sensitivity, and similar traits. As pre-service teachers learn these psychosocial characteristics and related student needs, they may experience self-recognition. This alignment may contribute to the pre-service teachers’ positive impact on gifted students. Results of informal data collection and anecdotal examples highlight this developing concept. Instructional activities, recommendations for the field, and suggestions for further research will be shared.

Author(s):

Norma Hafenstein
norma.hafenstein@du.edu
University of Denver
United States

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Norma Hafenstein, PhD, is the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education at the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. She is co-principal investigator for the Right4Rural Project, a Jacob K. Javits federally-funded initiative to identify and serve giftedness in traditionally underrepresented groups in rural Colorado. Dr. Hafenstein’s research interests include information processing styles, social and emotional development in gifted populations, program effectiveness and adult and generational giftedness. She advises graduate students and teaches courses including Psychological Aspects of the Gifted, Program Development, Leadership and Communication and Research as Problem Identification, Intervention, Application and Defense.

 



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