出版社：International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE)
摘要：While existing conceptions of giftedness and talent, assessment to ols and models espoused in educational psychology are all grounded in the West, there are different ways to look at talent development (Ngara, 2010). This article presents the Dynamic and Interactive Process Model (DIPM) that explains how the Shona artists of Zimbabwe conceptualize the origins and development of talent in their domain. Two studies were conducted at two levels using different research designs: a) a cultural level seeking to highlight Shona culture's views of giftedness and talent, and b) an individual level seeking to understand how Shona artists conceptualized the origins and development of their talents. The initial study explored Shona culture's views of giftedness through a questionnaire completed by 16 Zimbabwean academics of Shona cultural background. Data were analyzed in thematic frames. The second study was a grounded theory study conducted with 20 top Shona stone sculptors to generate a mid-range theory of how they conceptualized the origins and development of vision and inspiration in their art domain. The article elabo rates on the possible application of the model in the educational context
关键词：creativity; consciousness; giftedness and talent; inspiration; talent attributions; vision
