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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 446 403 EC 308 091 AUTHOR Fisher, Maurice D., Ed. TITLE Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 2000. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 50p. AVAILABLE FROM Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 10101 Yuma Court, P.O. Box 1586, Manassas, VA 20108 ($22). Tel: 703-369-5017; Web site: http://www.giftedpress.com. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Gifted Education Press Quarterly; v14 n1-4 Win-Fall 2000 EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academically Gifted; Adults; Case Studies; College School Cooperation; Educational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Home Schooling; Mathematics Instruction; Sciences IDENTIFIERS Michigan State University; Perfectionism ABSTRACT Four issues of this quarterly publications on gifted education include the following articles: "Unrecognized Giftedness: The Frustrating Case of the Gifted Adult" (Marylou Kelly Streznewski); "Shakespeare in the Classroom: The Bard is Back!" (Rosanna DiMillo Sandell); "What Teachers, Parents, and Administrators Need To Know about Gifted Students" (Susan Winebrenner); "Decreasing Perfectionism by Using Science in the Classroom" (Robert Arthur Schultz); "Here Comes High School: Understanding and Planning for Your Child's Educational Future" (Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Lisa Limburg-Weber); "How To Teach Mathematics to Gifted Students" (Semyon Rafalson); "Radical Decceleration: Self-Directed Homeschooling for Highly Gifted Children" (Lisa Rivero); and "Gifted Education Programs at Michigan State University" (Jenny MacRae McCampbell). Each issue also includes briefer articles and book reviews. (Individual articles contain references.) (DB) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. GIFTED EDUCATION PRESS QUARTERLY WINTER 2000 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1 SPRING 2000 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2 SUMMER 2000 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3 FALL 2000 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) IVThis document has beenreproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 BEST COPYAVAILABLE GIFTED EDUCATION PRESS QUARTERLY 10201 YUMA COURT P.O. BOX 1586 MANASSAS, VA 20108 703-369-5017 WINTER 2000 VOLUME FOURTEEN, NUMBER ONE LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION: $22.00 www.giftededpress.com MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL Happy New Year and I hope your programs for the gifted continue to be successful and expand as we enter the new century/millennium! As part of the annual meeting of the Virginia Association for the Gifted, Dr. James De lisle Professor and Co-Director Dr. Howard Gardner presented a keynote speech (October 29, 1999) in of SENG, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio which he emphasized theimportance of educating childrenfor Dr. Jerry Flack - Professor, University of understanding while using the guiding concepts of Truth, Beauty and Colorado, Colorado Springs Ethics. His book, The Disciplined Mind (1999), includes a detailed Dr. Howard GardnerProfessor, Graduate discussion of the concepts underlying education for understanding, and School of Education, Harvard University, he provides detailed examples of his proposed curriculum from music Cambridge, Massachusetts (The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart), biology (Darwin's Theory of Ms. Diane D. Grybek - Supervisor of Secondary Evolution), and history (the Wannsee Conference attended by Nazi Gifted Programs (Retired), Hillsborough County Germany's top leaders to plan the extermination of all European Jews). Schools, Tampa, Florida We have a close association with a curriculum that emphasizes Ms. Dorothy Knopper - Publisher, Open Space understanding and thestudy of rigoroussubjectmatter.Gifted Communications, Boulder, Colorado Education Press has published many books on adifferentiated humanities curriculum starting with Humanities Education for Gifted Mr. James LoGiudice - Director, Program and Children (1984) by Michael Walters and Foundations of Humanities Staff Development, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Education for Gifted Students (1985) by Michael Walters and James IU No. 22 and Past President of the Pennsylvania Other booksinthisseries emphasize thestudy of Association for Gifted Education LoGiudice. philosophy (Teaching Philosophy to Gifted Students [1985] by James Dr. Mary MeekerPresident of SOI Systems, LoGiudice, and The Philosophy of Ethics Applied to Everyday Life Vida, Oregon [1987] by James LoGiudice and Michael Walters). In addition, there Dr. Adrienne O'Neill -- Timken Regional are books on history, theatre, Shakespeare and logic. We remain strong Campus, Canton, Ohio advocates of a rigorous differentiated humanities curriculum in gifted Dr. Stephen Schroeder-Davis -- Coordinator of education, and believe that our humanities books canstillhelp Gifted Programs, Elk River, Minnesota Schools educators of the gifted fulfill Gardner's recommendations concerning and, Past President of the Ivlinnesota Council for education for understanding. the Gifted and Talented Dr. Bruce ShoreProfessor and Director, I would like to welcome two authors who are new to GEPQ. Marylou Giftedness Centre, McGill University, Montreal Kelly Streznewski has published an excellent book entitled, Gifted Ms. Joan Smutny - Professor and Director, Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential (1999). Center for Gifted, National-Louis University, Her article, based on this book, examines some of the problems and Evanston, Illinois issues concerned with adult giftedness. Rosanna DiMillo Sandell taught American literature, Shakespeare and English Literature at the high Dr. Virgil S. Ward -- Emeritus Professor of school level for twelve years. She is also a lawyer and is currently Gifted Education, University of Virginia, pursuing her Masters degree in gifted education. Her article addresses Charlottesville, Virginia some of the advantages of teaching Shakespeare to elementary school Ms. Susan Winebrenner - Consultant, Brooklyn, children. The poems by Millicent C. Borges are concerned with Michigan educators she has known -- we have previously published some of her Dr. Ellen Winner -- Professor of Psychology, other poems. Ms. Borges has received a poetry grant from the National Boston College Endowment for the Arts, and she has been featured in many poetry anthologies such as To Honor a Teacher (1999). Our old standby, Mike Walters, writes about one of his favorite authors, Edgar Allen Poe. Maurice D. Fisher, Publisher 3 Page -2- UNRECOGNIZED GIFTEDNESS: THE FRUSTRATING CASE OF THE GIFTED ADULT BY MARYLOU KELLY STREZNEWSKI FURLONG, PENNSYLVANIA "What then needs to be done that is crucial to the future success realized; in others, hopes renewed. The old stereotype, "You of this educational field? One of the biggest problems is that we know, the kids with glasses we all remember from school," was have been mainly 'preaching tothe choir'rather than resurrected for me by a radio interviewer. When I pointed out presenting our case for gifted education to average Americans that the Terman studies long ago showed gifted people to be who pay most of the taxes for operating public schools. This is taller, stronger, healthier, and even better looking, she worried a major challenge which must be addressed if gifted students out loud about some kind of "Master race theory." Saddest of all and their education programs are to survive and thrive." have been the encounters with women (the latest only hours ago) who, over and over say, "Oh yes, the kids are gifted but they get it from my husband, not me." My hopes were raised by This statement by Maurice Fisher in the Winter 1999 issue of the women in mid-life who have come to respect and honor GEPQ struck a responsive chord in me, especially the phrase their own intelligence, and are building exciting lives; and by "preaching to the choir." It is the same phrase I used when as an senior citizens who have never given up enlarging their special educator, I diligently attended state and national conferences on gifts. gifted education in order to improve my skills. I was excited by the information I gleaned from presentations by the experts and Overall, I have concluded that there are large numbers of from the books they wrote. However, there came a time when a frustrated gifted adults, who can be located by anyone who disheartening insight emerged. knows what to look for, who do not find outlets for their potential. We are not paying enough attention to trying to teach This (in some cases, literally) life-saving knowledge was gifted people how to cope with their lives in the adult world. Far circulating in a closed loop of dedicated professionals and a few too many of them find their drive and creativity thwarted by savvy parents. If even 3% of the population is gifted, we are persons or establishments who regard them as either silly or talking about information which needs to reach millions of threatening. I am well aware of the school of thinking which people. Obviously, this wider audience could not attend the designates adults as gifted only if they have achieved something NAGC's annual conference, and would have little occasion to called eminence. I find many difficulties in accepting such read the many well-written academic books in