Also, issues surrounding indigo children, recommending vision therapy, and using the SB L-M.
I'll join lurumom in asking for links on the controversies you mention.
Her views on giftedness run counter to the eminence model that is fairly well entrenched these days
Although eminence may now be entrenched as a result of teaching this concept for several years, there was quite a bit of controversy when the concept of eminence was added to the definition of giftedness:
...eminence ought to be the chief goal of gifted education.
...
To frame our discussion, we propose a definition of giftedness that we intend to be comprehensive. Giftedness is the manifestation of performance that is clearly at the upper end of the distribution in a talent domain even relative to other high-functioning individuals in that domain. Further, giftedness can be viewed as developmental in that in the beginning stages, potential is the key variable; in later stages, achievement is the measure of giftedness; and in fully developed talents, eminence is the basis on which this label is granted.
A small roundup of counterpoints to this include:
- Defining giftedness as based on performance tends to exclude or ignore 2e.
- Is an individual
gifted throughout the lifespan, or does one fail to be gifted if talents are directed to endeavors which may be personally fulfilling but do not lead to prominence...? For example, non-competitive... service orientated... reserved individuals... introverts... shunning the spotlight.
- Equating giftedness with eminence may
conflate giftedness with opportunity.
- Are talents ever "fully developed"?
- Common core may be at odds with having eminence as the chief goal of gifted education; The high-stakes testing and
data-collection ushered in by Common Core have a goal of "equal outcomes"; US government school teachers are evaluated on closing achievement gaps and excellence gaps, which may often entail capping the growth of children at the top.
her work is rarely cited in the literature.
Literature generally tends to cite
Empirical evidence, not
Anecdotal evidence?
