Talented Teenagers

The Roots of Success and Failure

AvMihaly Csikszentmihalyi,Kevin Rathunde

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

586 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

Talented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students' own words bring the material to life. Parents, teachers, psychologists, and counselors will find in these pages concrete information abou the conditions that foster the cultivation of mental abilities in adolescence, for both the gifted and the average student.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-11-13
Mått:153 x 227 x 24 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521574631

Utforska kategorier

Barnpsykologi och utvecklingspsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Recensioner i media

'The most significant study of talent development to appear … [in] almost a decade … It is must reading for anyone wanting to grasp how the promise of youth converts to the triumphs of maturity.' Contemporary Psychology

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I. Talented Teens: 2. What is talent?; 3. How the study was conducted: methods and procedures; 4. What are talented teenagers like?; 5. How talented teenagers live; Part II. The development of Talent: 6. Fields and domains of talent in adolescence; 7. The experience of talent; 8. How families influence the development of talent; 9. Schools, teachers, and talent development; Part III. The Cultivation of Talent: 10. Commitment to talent and its correlates; 11. Cultivating talent throughout life; 12. What have we learned?; Appendixes; References; Index.