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Autore |
Freeman Joan <1935-, > |
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Titolo |
Gifted lives : what happens when gifted children grow up? / / Joan Freeman |
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Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-92949-5 |
0-203-84575-7 |
1-299-28561-9 |
1-136-92950-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gifted persons - Great Britain |
Gifted children - Great Britain |
Gifted children - Education - Great Britain |
Gifted children |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: ideas of gifts and talents, and description of study -- Maths prodigy to saint : Rachel Charrett -- Spoilt for choice : Jeremy Sassoon -- Stark odds : Andy Armistead -- Opera star : John Daszac -- Davids and the Goliath of art : David Quinn & David Archer -- A good Samaritan : Suzanne Riley & Melvin -- The gift of integrity : George Fleet & Alison Hepworth -- Musical chairs : Anna Markland & Jocelyn Lavin -- The label of 'gifted' : Jenny Terras & Austin Isaacs -- Barriers in the mind : Gaynor Harding & Philip Anstice -- A gifted gambler : Ady Toms & Martin Pullan -- Gifted women : Lois Sparling & Justine Newsome -- Genius. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book reveals the dramatic stories of twenty outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain. Recorded over the last thirty-five years by award-winning psychologist, Joan Freeman, these fascinating accounts reveal the frustrations and triumphs of her participants, and investigates why some fell by the wayside whilst others reached fame and fortune.These exceptional people possess a range of intellectual, social and emotional gifts in |
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