What You Never Learned About Gifted and Talented Programs and Possible Solutions to Redefine Them

What You Never Learned About Gifted and Talented Programs and Possible Solutions to Redefine Them

Existing Underlying Problems with Gifted and Talented Programs

12/12/2020 4:40AM

Episode Synopsis "What You Never Learned About Gifted and Talented Programs and Possible Solutions to Redefine Them"

00:00:00 Short introduction of who we are 00:00:13 Thesis 00:00:38 What are gifted and talented programs (GTP)? 00:01:00 What are gifted youths? 00:02:14 How to identify gifted youths 00:02:36 What test did you take to be classified as a gifted youth? 00:7:30 How diverse do you think our program was? 00:8:26 Underrepresentation 00:10:30 How can we help solve underrepresentation? 00:14:20 Social risks and costs 00:15:15 How did the divide between the gifted and nongifted students affect you? 00:18:10 Did the program place an emphasis on teamwork or was it more individualized? 00:24:27 Gifted students are more likely to internalize their behaviors 00:24:40 Are there moments in your life that you feel being in a gifted and talented program influenced you to do or feel? 00:26:35 Gender differences 00:27:15 Were there any incidents that led you to believe that teachers punished males more severely than females? 00:31:54 Perfectionism 00:32:20 Previously we discussed a lot about perfectionism, but do you think you’ve become harder on yourself and set unrealistic expectations as a result of being in a gifted and talented program? 00:36:44 What kind of expectations do you think others have imposed on you? 00:39:30 How has your mental health changed as a result of being in a GTP? 00:41:30 Do GTP work? 00:42:30 Do you think that being in a gifted and talented program did more harm or helped you? 00:50:41 Do you think the program we went to is a good example of a GTP? 01:03:53 Concluding thoughts

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