From the Archive: 'The Myth of Giftedness' by Caroline Benn

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Title: From the Archive: 'The Myth of Giftedness' by Caroline Benn
Language: English
Authors: Benn, Caroline
Source: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education. Sum 2021 63(2):109-130.
Availability: Lawrence Wishart. Central Books Building, Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, London RM8 1RX, UK. Tel: 44-20-8597-0090; e-mail: forum@lwbooks.co.uk; Web site: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Gifted, Criticism, Civil Rights, Gifted Education, Educational History, Access to Education
DOI: 10.3898/forum.2021.63.2.10
ISSN: 0963-8253
Abstract: This short piece from the Forum archive introduces Caroline Benn's detailed critique of 'The myth of giftedness'. Her starting point is the need to define and then demand comprehensive education as a basic educational right, set alongside a mapping of the modern giftedness movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1324662
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This short piece from the Forum archive introduces Caroline Benn's detailed critique of 'The myth of giftedness'. Her starting point is the need to define and then demand comprehensive education as a basic educational right, set alongside a mapping of the modern giftedness movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
ISSN:0963-8253
DOI:10.3898/forum.2021.63.2.10