The major cause of such negative affect is a deep concern about potential antisocial applications of the intelligence of gifted students,
It would be interesting to cross-correlate the teachers' attitudes to their personality types. Can the teacher deal with new and novel situations? Or do they prefer status quo? Are they results oriented or like to follow procedures?
What is meant by anti-social? Since the teacher is the source of "order" in the room, the real threat is to the teacher's authority.
Many GT kids are natural leaders and if the teacher does not harness the leadership skills of this kid, then they will be at odds.
One of my nephews is definitely GT. Give me a group of kids and they are playing quietly, etc. Add him to the mix, and the energy level of the room just explodes. I realized that he was a natural leader and now include him in planning the days activities, and thing go MUCH smoother.
