Socioeconomic Stratification and Its Influences on Talent Development: Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Gifted Child Quarterly
- Vol. 46 (3), 170-180
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001698620204600302
Abstract
There is growing concern in our field about the plight of high-potential children who suffer from socioeconomic deprivation. Efforts to find and serve these children require in-depth understanding of socioeconomic contexts that shape and subvert talent development. In this analysis, socioeconomic barriers to talent development are explored from the vantage points of Major thinkers and recent research findings in context-sensitive disciplines such as economics, sociology, and ethical philosophy. Insights drawn fron these perspectives provide the basis for recommendations that educators of the gifted clarify conceptions of merit and ability; look for hidden socioeconomic influences on aspirations, motivation, and talent development; and engage in critical activism for deprived high-potential children.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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