Expression of Talent in the Technical Domain
Expression of Talent in the Technical Domain
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技术领域人才的表达
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2013
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A. Ona
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Perspectives surrounding the concept of giftednessIn order to investigate the perception of the giftedness among the initiated in science education, Sternberg has studied the phenomenon from this perspective too, summarizing the colloquial meaning of the concept in the pentagonal implicit theory, thus identifying five criteria to be met by someone, in order to be considered as a gifted person: The Excellence Criterion - states that "the individual is superior in some dimension or set of dimensions relative to peers", The Rarity Criterion - states that "an individual must possess a high level of an attribute that is rare relative to peers", The Productivity Criterion - states that "the dimensions along which individual is evaluated as superior must lead to or potentially lead to productivity", The Demonstrability Criterion - states that "the superiority of the individual or the dimension which determine giftedness must be demonstrable through one or more tests that are valid assessment", The Value Criterion - states that "the person must show superior performance in a dimension that is valued for that person by his or her society" (Sternberg, 1993, pp. 186-187).The scientific meaning is not far from the colloquial one. But the concept in its scientific perspective is more nuanced, enlarged and narrowed in connection with every new step of its evolution. It is transformed and reformed in order to be correlated to its primary purpose, which is to serve, together with its educational psychological and social optimum services, the immediate beneficiaries - the superior gifted people - and the subsequent beneficiaries - the teachers and the managers of schools, companies, etc., the society as a whole. Because of its generosity, we agree the definition of giftedness given by David Yun Dai and widely accepted in research community - gifted is demonstrated excellence by age - appropriate standards, through authentic, exceptional performance or potential for excellence, demonstrated through aptitude tests, interviews, and clinical observations of behavior and performance" (Dai, 2009, p. 41).Evaluations of the theoretical models for explaining the endowment and the talent, in order to define the "technical talent"The theoretical models are valid in their usefulness for the society and science (Davidson, 2009), and in this case their relevance is related to the study of the technical talent. We will summarize in the following contribution to the definition of technical talent in each of the models described.According to Feldhusen's talents list one can consider the technical talent as currently involved in the academic and vocational fields. In this model, the concept of talent is simplistically addressed as a component of the superior endowment. Even the author, by reviewing his theoretical option for the meaning of talent and superior endowment, will adopt for talent the meaning inspired by Gagne, which is positive transformation of the remarkable aptitudes' endowment through educational intervention. (Feldhusen, 2005).According to Tanenbaum's view, the technical talent is part of the "quota talents" and will be found in the outstanding results of engineers. Tanenbaum puts the portrait of giftedness in the middle of a five-pointed star and claims that each of the five elements (high general intelligence, exceptional specific abilities, non-intellectual traits, environmental support, and chance) will be present in different proportions in different areas of talent. Which should be the perfect combination in order to portray the technical talent? It will remain as an open question for further investigations, especially since to these on may add the importance of social responsibility. Tanenbaum stresses that "it is essential for gifted people to learn that a great character should serve as a mediator of a great accomplishment, by contrary the brilliant minds may become the most destructive forces in the world" (Tanenbaum, 2000, p. …