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Twenty-Five Years of Research on the Lived Experience of Being Gifted in School: Capturing the Students' Voices
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Coleman, Laurence J.; Micko, Karen J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
Through a synthesis of 25 years worth of studies concerning the lived experience of children who are gifted and talented within the context of school, a more comprehensive picture can be presented. The intent is to provide information for teachers, parents, administrators, and psychologists to better understand and support advanced development.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academically Gifted, Student Experience, Phenomenology
The Invisible World of Professional Practical Knowledge of a Teacher of the Gifted
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Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
Most of our information on how teachers of the gifted and talented think while they plan and implement instruction is from the perspective of the researcher, not from the teacher's perspective. One expert teacher was studied in great detail using ethnographic and phenomenological techniques. More specifically, a teacher was studied as he…
Descriptors: Gifted, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Cognitive Processes
The Social Cognition of Gifted Adolescents in Schools: Managing the Stigma of Giftedness
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Cross, Tracy L.; Coleman, Laurence J.; Terhaar-Yonkers, Marge – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
A study of the effects of schooling on the social cognition of gifted adolescents is reported. A student attitude questionnaire (SAQ) exploring the cognitive behavioral strategies utilized to manage the stigma of giftedness was developed after conducting phenomenological interviews of fifteen gifted adolescents attending the Tennessee Governor's…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Social Cognition, Social Bias, Questionnaires
"Being a Teacher": Emotions and Optimal Experience While Teaching Gifted Children
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Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
The emotions experienced by teachers while teaching is a relatively unexplored avenue of research. One teacher, Alex, was studied using phenomenological interviews and participant observation to understand the emotions he experienced while teaching in a special program for gifted and talented children. Data were analyzed using inductive…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Emotional Response, Academically Gifted, Phenomenology
Is Being Gifted a Social Handicap?
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Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
The paper explores the question of how gifted and talented adolescents experience being gifted in high school. Fifteen subjects were interviewed twice while attending a special summer program in order to answer this general question. The data were analyzed and interpreted using a set of research questions which postulated that the subjects would…
Descriptors: Gifted, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Talent
Phenomenology and Its Implications for Gifted Studies Research: Investigating the Lebenswelt of Academically Gifted Students Attending an Elementary Magnet School.
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Cross, Tracy L.; Stewart, Roger A.; Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2003
Fifteen gifted students (grades 1-6) in a magnet school participated in phenomenological interviews. The students described the social milieu of the school as the backdrop for the meaning of the experience of attending the school. Four themes emerged across magnet school experiences, others, role, personal development, and time. (Contains…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence