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What Is Distinctive About Artistically Gifted Children?

What Is Distinctive About Artistically Gifted Children?

Authors :
Ellen Winner
Jennifer E. Drake
Source :
Conceptions of Giftedness and Talent ISBN: 9783030568689
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Springer International Publishing, 2020.

Abstract

We argue for a wide range of innate differences in ability in any domain, and that children with high levels of ability in a particular domain share three characteristics: they learn rapidly (precocity), they are intensely driven to learn (a rage to master), and they learn differently from typical children (they march to their own drummer). In the visual arts, high levels of ability have been most often noted in the ability to draw realistically. We show that this ability is independent of IQ and present some evidence that this ability is related to local processing skill. We also note one case study of a child who showed all three characteristics of giftedness but whose drawings were abstract rather than realistic. Thus it is possible that there are two routes that gifted child artists follow―one the early representational/realism route and the other the early abstraction route. We conclude the chapter by discussing our recommendations for how artistically gifted children should be taught and present the Reggio Emila approach in Italy as an excellent approach to the education of both typical and gifted children.

Details

ISBN :
978-3-030-56868-9
ISBNs :
9783030568689
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Conceptions of Giftedness and Talent ISBN: 9783030568689
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f40ddc62ac19f6e4c161aa92389f78a4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56869-6_8