出版社：International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE)
摘要：Gifted literature is nothing if not replete with descriptions of the abilities and antics of geniuses, the jaw-dropping abilities of savants, and the differentness of precocious children in comparison with their developmentally average age-peers. The gifted field has given rise to a multitude of gifted characteristics, specific terminologies, definitions, and models of giftedness and educational strategies. Millions of words and pages filled with anecdotes and descriptions of gifted children and adults attest to our fascination with the phenomenon. Our intense interest has created in us a 'rage to master' the subject of giftedness (Winner, 1996) ¨C a need to know how it arises, develops, how it leads to eminence and why it may not lead anywhere at all. This has fuelled our quest to find its essence, the core characteristics that would help define and identify giftedness. Our passionate treasure hunt, the elusive search for the gifted personality, is the subject of this special issue, an issue inspired by a keynote address, Passion for learning: The experience of being consumed by learning, given by Laurence Coleman at the 11thAsia Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Sydney, Australia, 2010. Through its portraits of children with exceptional gifts in domains outside those typically considered by schools, the address captured the complexity of giftedness and the many questions that arise about what giftedness "is" and how it can be nurtured
