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Gifted education and its discontents: Foundations: Explore the historical and philosophical foundations of gifted education, examining how we came to identify and serve high-ability learners—and what assumptions we've built along the way. You'll uncover the tensions between excellence and equity that have shaped gifted programs from their origins to today.

Uncover the hidden assumptions shaping gifted education. Explore how historical choices created today's tensions between excellence and equity in identifyi

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Concepts in this course
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Abhyasa: Disciplined Practice Beyond Talent
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Ahamkara: The Ego Trap of Giftedness
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Klesas: The Five Mental Distortions of Gifted Psychology
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Pratyahara: Withdrawal of the Gifted Mind
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Samadhi: Flow and Non-Striving in Learning
AI prompts in this course
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Gifted education and its discontents and the Choices You're Making
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Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?
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What Would You Tell Someone Just Starting with Gifted education and its discontents?
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What Do You Actually Want with Gifted education and its discontents?
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A Hard Question About Gifted education and its discontents
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The Examined Path Through Gifted education and its discontents
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