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| Title | Interview with Professor Joseph Renzulli American Leader in Education for the Gifted and Talented | 2008.05.28 |
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FROM: New Donga Monthly Magazine The following article is published on Shin(New)Donga Monthly Magazine. Professor Joseph Renzulli- American Leader in Education for the Gifted and Talented “The more specialized high schools we establish, the better.” Parents have a lot of questions about the intelligence of their children. They also tend to compare their children with other children. For instance, at the age of one if their child can speak in full sentences while other children can only babble, or at the age of three if their child can memorize something he just heard the night before on television, parents might start to think that their child is gifted. Yet exactly what are the criteria for identifying a gifted child? To answer this question, Shindonga conducted an exclusive interview with Professor Joseph Renzulli, an internationally renowned scholar in the field of the education of gifted and talented children. Our interview with University of Connecticut professor Joseph S. Renzulli (72) was delayed. He missed his flight from Los Angeles to Korea due to the fact that the question and answer session following a lecture in Los Angeles ran long. Professor Renzulli, who is also the Director of the White House’s National Research Center on Gifted and Talented, is, despite his age, still active in this field, and gives lectures across the entire United States. On February 12, 2008 the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations and Daesung Group held the opening ceremonies for the Institute for Talented Education of KFTA (ITEK). Professor Renzulli who is also an advisor to ITEK, is working on a Teachers’ Training Program on gifted education for elementary through high school level. With the assistance of Dr. Sunyoung Ahn this exclusive interview took place at the KCCI building, Namdaemun, Seoul. GIFTEDNESS CAN EMERGE AT ANY TIME ▼ When can giftedness be identified? Is there an age span within which such identification can take place? “It begins very early. In some children, we can see the emergence when they learn to talk or walk earlier than their peers and also when they start to react to objects; those are some of the best signs. However, it is difficult to say exactly when it emerges. Giftedness can be revealed even after someone reaches his 30s. Further, we see certain things emerging at different ages. Mathematicians and poets contribute breakthrough contributions in their fields in their 20s, novelists in their 30s to 40s, and playwrights usually in their 40s or 50s. Sometimes significant things emerge all of the sudden. ▼ Which is more important in developing giftedness: genetics or environmental factors? “The two factors interact and create a gifted child. Even though a child is gifted genetically, he has to be supported with a stimulating environment. When one of the two factors is insufficient then it’s hard to see the emergence of the latent talents.” In 1970s Professor Renzulli came into the spotlight when he presented the “The Three-Ring Concept of Giftedness.” Before that, being gifted was only measured by having above average intelligence. He added “Task Commitment” and “Creativity” to the evaluation. His concept defines a gifted child as a person who is in the top 15% in the three criteria: Intelligence, Task Commitment and Creativity, and at the same time is in the top 2% in one of the criteria. Today, his concept is the most influential in academic circles. “Gifted children are divided into two different categories. One is high achiever gifted and the other is creative and productive gifted. What the research says about highly creative and productive people is that they change the world even though they are were not necessarily the most intelligent people. One creative and productive person is Robert Jarvick, the inventor of the artificial heart. He had a very difficult time at university. He was turned down by every medical school that he applied to in the United States because his SAT scores we |
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