EPSY 7260 (ongoing)-Creatively Gifted Students and the Arts

This board aims to explore s/e issues that creatively gifted students experience, as well, strategies and methods that use the arts as a vehicle for exploring s/e issues.
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Discussion Group(s)
This week's reading resonated with me on a personal level. Having been a member of a sorority for 10 years and having 44 co-iniates, I'd say that I am more than familiar with discussion groups and the many needs which they serve. Being in a sorority requires a certain level of social and emotional development. In order to futher facilitate our bond of sisterhood we engage in frequent " sisterly relations " meetings/activities. As stated by Peterson (2007) we also " became close through
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What resonated with me this week about the reading from Peterson (2007) was 1. these students are stressed 2. they know they're different 3. they want respect 4. they feel pressure 5. they want to talk it out- they just need the right place. I realized after reading the section about group meetings that essentially it's a socratic seminar but instead of discussing what we've read, we talk through what they feel.
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Aisha Saad went to Peru and Chile to experience what she could do with the degree that she's working on in college. She was able to fully be immersed in culture, work with epidemiologists, and evironmentalists to determine how governments handle problems. This was a hands on learning experience that allowed her to see first hand whether this career is something she is truly passionate about which reminds me about internships for high schoolers from our readings so they can find a career path.
Benefits of a Bilingual Brain Infographic - e-Learning Infographics | Learning a second language, Learning languages tips, Language education
Aisha Saad went to Peru and Chile to experience what she could do with the degree that she's working on in college. She was able to fully be immersed in culture, work with epidemiologists, and evironmentalists to determine how governments handle problems. This was a hands on learning experience that allowed her to see first hand whether this career is something she is truly passionate about which reminds me about internships for high schoolers from our readings so they can find a career path.
Creatively Gifted Students
As I reflect over my weekend I thought that this image seemed fitting. A friend of mine began to talk to me about his three year old son. The little boy was playing with a piece of string. The little boy took the same piece of string and tied it to his toy truck and attached it to a toy ramp he had. From there, he began to drag the truck up the ramp and even made it so that the truck could move up and down on it's own. Now, the details of the last part are still a little muddled for me but
Creativity and Ego-strength
Session 12
The creative aspect of giftedness is where I have become most interested. I would not consider myself to be creative at all, but I am blown away at the creativity of students. I think the entire process of students being able to take information that they knew very little about and transform that into creative works that demonstrate their own independent knowledge is amazing.
Journaling
The VanTassal-Baska et. al article discussed how journaling "can open lines of communication and facilitate learning for both [the teacher and the student]" (p. 241). Interacting with students via journals could really help me to identify social/emotional needs of my gifted kiddos. I've tried journals in the past, having students write in composition notebooks. However, collecting the journals became a burden, so I never interacted as much as I could have. Instead, I was especially intrigued by