ABSTRACT

A recent study claiming to provide a basis for gifted education to drop the construct of overexcitabilities in favor of the construct of openness to experience and align itself with the Five Factor Model and a talent development perspective on gifted education is shown to be without merit. An analysis shows that the study supports the conclusion that the constructs are less similar than they appear to be from descriptions in the literature. This raises questions about the evidence needed for a field to drop constructs and the role of theory and research in guiding practice. It is argued that proposals for a field to change direction must be very strong and that gifted education should pay increased attention to justifying ethical claims.

摘要

最近的一项研究声称为资优教育提供一种基础，以放弃过度兴奋的结构，而支持开放的体验经验并使其与五因素模型保持一致，并且对资优教育的人才发展观点被证明是没有根据的。分析表明，该研究支持这样的结论，即结构与文献中描述的结构相似性较差。这就提出了一个问题，即一个领域抛弃结构所需的证据以及理论和研究在指导实践中的作用。有人认为，改变方向的提议必须非常有力，而资优教育应更多地关注证明道德主张的合理性。