Giftedness and Talent

1. Introduction to Giftedness and Talent: Australasian Perspectives
Nadine Ballam, Roger Moltzen

2. Risk and Resilience in Gifted Young People from Low Socio-Economic Backgrounds
Nadine Ballam

3. Young Talented Readers: The Interaction and Engagement of Metacognition During Critical Literacy Discourse
Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell

4. Gifted Young Adolescents: The Synergy of Self
Lisette Dillon

5. Group Support for Parents of Gifted Children in the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia
Sally-Ann Free

6. ‘Put Your Seatbelt On, Here We Go’: The Transition to School for Children Identified as Gifted
Nikki Masters

7. Academic Success Among a Cohort of Gifted and Talented Māori and Pasifika Secondary School Boys: Elements Contributing to Their Achievement
Graeme Miller

8. The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: Self-Concepts of Gifted Students in a Part-Time Gifted Programme
Kate Niederer

9. Gifted and Talented Adolescents’ Experiences of School in Aotearoa New Zealand
Louise Tapper

10. Spirituality and Giftedness Type: A Tale of Adolescent Variance
Russell Walton

11. Full-year Acceleration of Gifted High School Students: A 360° View
Janna Wardman

12. The Role of Racial-Ethnic Identity to the Educational Engagement of Culturally Diverse Gifted New Zealand Adolescents
Melinda Webber

13. Supporting the Development of Academic Talent: The Perspectives of Students, Parents and Teachers
Lesley Williams

14. Smart Girls in the Media: The Impact of Popular Culture on the Development of Adolescent Rural Gifted Girls’ Identity and Subsequent Talent Development
Denise Wood

15. An Enigma: Barriers to the Identification of Students Who Are Gifted with a Learning Disability
Catherine Wormald

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