Vision With Action: Developing Sensitivity to Societal Concerns in Gifted Youth

Terry, Alice W.; Bohnenberger, Jann E.; Renzulli, Joseph S.; Cramond, Bonnie; Sisk, Dorothy

doi:10.1080/02783190701836478

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“…The findings in this study related to service contributions support what Renzulli (2009) andTerry et al (2008) promoted regarding using a positive-psychology approach in gifted education and including service dimensions in the interest of building awareness of societal concerns and offering opportunities to make positive contributions. Having challenging and life-altering extracurricular and community-service opportunities contributed to positive personal development in the gifted individuals in this study.…”

Section: Balancesupporting

confidence: 85%

Positive Life Experiences

Peterson

Canady

Duncan

2011

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

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At the culmination of an 11-year qualitative, cross-sectional study of life events, 48 high-ability high school graduates fitting common stereotypes associated with giftedness completed an open-ended questionnaire, part of which focused on positive life experiences and sources of support. Findings included that intense investment in academics, activities, and service contributed to new perspectives, vision and direction, confidence in competence, social connections, spiritual growth, and additional opportunities. Some experiences were considered life-changing. Participants' language reflected individual accomplishment, a dominant-culture value, but the main themes reflected fulfillment, validation, satisfaction, and, unexpectedly, many values associated with nonmainstream cultural groups. Findings are presented within a core-values framework associated with positive psychology.

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Section: Balancesupporting

confidence: 85%

Positive Life Experiences

Peterson

Canady

Duncan

2011

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

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“…Service-learning courses are utilized in a wide range of educational settings, including K-12 classes (Kraft & Billig, 1997;McCarthy, 2008;Terry, Bohnenberger, Renzulli, Cramond, & Sisk, 2008), as well as in college and university classes. In a survey conducted in 2000 on 349 college campuses, more than 700,000 students reported that they had taken a course in which they had been required to complete a service-learning assignment (Campus Compact, 2001).…”

Section: Service-learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advocacy as Service-Learning

Berke

2010

FSR

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“…Silverman [33] also reported that students who are involved in public relations campaign course were civic oriented and responsible in community problem and learnt important public relations campaign skills. In fact, one of the most significant contributions of the Public Relations students was raising a total of RM 40,000 funds for National Kidney Foundation in 2012 [29]. This gives young people the opportunities to become engaged in civic activities which will likely increase the likelihood of them becoming active citizens.…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PR campaign is a compulsory requirement for graduation and is in-line with the University"s vision to become "a global university of educational excellence with transformative societal impact" as the university was created through the contribution made by many people [29]. This allows the production of responsible citizen who are active in their communities, providing solutions and mutual support for each other.…”

Section: Youth Involvement In Community-based Service-learningmentioning

confidence: 92%

Globalization through Community-Based Projects: Enhancing Civic Attitudes and Competence Skills in Undergraduates

Lee¹,

Gan²,

Tan³

2015

IJSSH

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Abstract-Though the world is becoming increasingly globalized, has the education evolved to prepare youth to become world citizens with the necessary skills and competencies to meet these challenges? Altogether 301 students from the Psychology and Public Relations Departments involved in community-based projects were purposively surveyed using Civic Attitudes and Competence Skills questionnaire. Results showed that overall the mean scores of the Civic Attitude and Competence Skills are moderate. The results reveal no significant difference between the Psychology students and Public Relation students in the mean scores of Civic Attitudes and Competence Skills except for subscales Civic Action, Interpersonal & Problem-Solving Skills, Social Justice, and Diversity. The author concludes that it is important to enable youth to participate in developing a sense of self, appreciation of cultural diversity, social justice and building civic actions towards globalization awareness.

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Vision With Action: Developing Sensitivity to Societal Concerns in Gifted Youth

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Positive Life Experiences

Positive Life Experiences

Advocacy as Service-Learning

Globalization through Community-Based Projects: Enhancing Civic Attitudes and Competence Skills in Undergraduates

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