ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss two kinds of giftedness, transactional and transformational. Transformational giftedness is giftedness that is transformative. Transformationally gifted individuals seek positively to change the world at some level—in their own way, to make the world a better place. Transactional giftedness is giftedness that is based on exchange. It is tit-for-tat in nature. The individual is identified as gifted and then expects and is expected to do something in return. That something, for children, is typically high-level performance in academic coursework. Society also may expect that the individual later in life will continue to show high educational achievement. The two kinds of giftedness are not inborn. Rather, they are shaped through life in school and in the home interacting with the personal attitudes toward life of the gifted individual.

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转化天才：重新思考我们的天才教育范式

摘要 在本文中，我将讨论两种天才，交易型和变革型。变革型天赋是具有变革性的天赋。具有变革天赋的人积极寻求在某种程度上改变世界——以他们自己的方式，让世界变得更美好。交易天赋是基于交换的天赋。本质上是针锋相对。个人被认为是有天赋的，然后期望并期望做一些回报。对于孩子们来说，这通常是学术课程中的高水平表现。社会也可能期望个人在以后的生活中继续表现出很高的教育成就。这两种天赋不是与生俱来的。相当，