Systemic Gifted Education: A Theoretical Introduction

Language
en
Document Type
Article
Issue Date
2019-06-18
Issue Year
2017
Authors
Ziegler, Albert
Stoeger, Heidrun
Editor
Abstract

Over the past few decades, systemic thinking has gained in popularity in developmental and learning sciences. The trend has, however, shown up in gifted education research only occasionally. The aim of this article is to introduce systemic thinking to the field of giftedness and explore possibilities for its application. In the first part, a definition of a system is provided and basic concepts of systemic thinking are introduced. In the second part, a full-fledged systemic model is introduced, the actiotope model of giftedness. In the third part, implications for gifted education are elaborated. In the discussion, the authors explain (a) how systemic thinking can make a valuable contribution to gifted education, (b) why systemic thinking will complement rather than replace current approaches to gifted education, and (c) the necessity of combining systemic thinking with other empirically testable theories.

Journal Title
Gifted Child Quarterly
Volume
61
Issue
61
Citation

Gifted Child Quarterly 61.3 (2017): S. 183 - 193. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0016986217705713

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