Comments on: How do you say ‘Gifted and Talented’ in your country? http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/how-do-you-say-gifted-and-talented-in-your-country/ Gifted Adults Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:29:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: admin http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/how-do-you-say-gifted-and-talented-in-your-country/comment-page-1/#comment-33 admin Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:48:48 +0000 http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=250#comment-33 Thanks Kathryn...I thought that might be the case in the US. The whole topic makes me think about the cultural implications of being gifted (and talented :))...no doubt there are constants cross culturally. I wonder what is culturally specific. Societies that value conformity vs individualism? Societies that value people who excel vs societies that don't. Perception of gender? I read an article (sorry I don't remember where otherwise I'd cite it) that talked about how Canadian's celebrate children who excel in hockey. (No, not everyone in Canada cares about hockey but yes it is a pretty big deal here). Bragging about your hockey star child (within reason) is acceptable. Suggesting your child is gifted (and talented :)) is less so. I wonder if any country values exceptional intelligence as much as exceptional athleticism..... Thanks Kathryn…I thought that might be the case in the US. The whole topic makes me think about the cultural implications of being gifted (and talented :) )…no doubt there are constants cross culturally. I wonder what is culturally specific. Societies that value conformity vs individualism? Societies that value people who excel vs societies that don’t. Perception of gender?

I read an article (sorry I don’t remember where otherwise I’d cite it) that talked about how Canadian’s celebrate children who excel in hockey. (No, not everyone in Canada cares about hockey but yes it is a pretty big deal here). Bragging about your hockey star child (within reason) is acceptable. Suggesting your child is gifted (and talented :) ) is less so. I wonder if any country values exceptional intelligence as much as exceptional athleticism…..

]]> By: Kathryn http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/how-do-you-say-gifted-and-talented-in-your-country/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Kathryn Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:02:42 +0000 http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=250#comment-32 Here in the US, gifted and talented is used interchangebly with gifted. We also describe it as GT or reversed to talented and gifted (makes a nice little accronym that way: TAG.) There is little rationale behind the choice except that different communities prefer different words. We do tend to discuss areas or categories of giftedness, for instance 'mathematically gifted.' A person with an all-around high IQ would be 'intellectually gifted.' The "talented" designation might once have been made to distinguish artistic gifts from intellectual gifts, but those are just called gifts now: 'musically gifted.' Here in the US, gifted and talented is used interchangebly with gifted. We also describe it as GT or reversed to talented and gifted (makes a nice little accronym that way: TAG.) There is little rationale behind the choice except that different communities prefer different words.

We do tend to discuss areas or categories of giftedness, for instance ‘mathematically gifted.’ A person with an all-around high IQ would be ‘intellectually gifted.’ The “talented” designation might once have been made to distinguish artistic gifts from intellectual gifts, but those are just called gifts now: ‘musically gifted.’

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