EPPL 650 - Developmental Perspectives in Gifted Education

Fall. (3). Staff.

This course focuses on the issues associated with the development of gifted individuals over the lifespan from a cognitive, psychosocial, and physiological perspective. Emphasis will be placed on exploring positive deviance in early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The role of institutions, individuals, and intrapersonal influences on the developmental process of talented learners will be explored and implications for program development and administration stressed.