Gifted and Higher Ed (Education Theory)

Education for the gifted can be challenging because of the exceptional nature of some skills and abilities. That may put the student outside of normal learning processes as well as an outlier in many standardized assessments. With this population one might think they are looking at one thing but actually looking at something else through co-complementaries. Because education is often defined around a limiting structural elite standard the best and brightest who dont always give standard answers are sometimes forever lost to society due to boredom and inappropriate feedback. There are ways to improve education with an enhancement to standard curriculum that provides opportunities to chase alternative lines of logic to solve problems beyond initial assessments. Let them do it their own way in the way they process deeper knowledge.

Not all people develop in a linear fashion. The gifted often see complex problems and solve them in unique ways and that is why they make strong artistic outputs, excel in certain sports, become inventors, and scientists.

In online education one has the capacity to coordinate the deeper lines of development and opportunities based on their ability to differentiate, follow and solve problems beyond most other students. Thus the standard is a solid base but one can include additional opportunities for natural self selection of interests in problem depth and learning styles.

Since the student is the one who selects based on inner capacity there is no elite pre conditioning, wealth doesn't help one select the additional learning paths and thus the true gifted are more likely to be discovered for further development (theoretically). For now we will continue to limit human capital development based on the limitations of the designers versus the limitations in growth of the student. The best and brightest are often quantitatively and quantitatively different and it has nothing to do with superficial characteristics or wealth that others judge value on. It is deep and neural.

There are many ways to look at solving problems. If you can't see the possibilities and probabilities then you are bound to repeat.

“A diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” James Madison

Giftedness and gifted education: A systematic literature review

ABaccassino Francesca , Pinnelli Stefania (2023) Giftedness and gifted education: A systematic literature review. Frontiers in Education, 7 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.1073007 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2022.1073007