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Winner, Ellen was born on July 6, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Thomas G. and Irene (Portis) Winner.
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In this fascinating book, Ellen Winner uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what gifted children are really like.Using vivid case studies, Winner paints a complex picture of the gifted child. Here we meet David, a three-year-old who learned to read in two weeks; KyLee, a five-year-old who mastered on his own all of the math concepts expected by the end of elementary school; and Nadia, an autistic and retarded savant” who nevertheless could draw like a Renaissance master.Winner uses her research with these and several other extraordinary children, as well as the latest biological and psychological evidence, to debunk the many myths about academic, musical, and artistic giftedness.Gifted Children also looks at the role played by schools in fostering exceptional abilities. Winner castigates schools for wasting resources on weak educational programs for the moderately gifted. Instead, she advocates elevating standards for all children, and focusing our resources for gifted education on those with extreme abilitieschildren who are left untouched by the kinds of minimal programs we have today.
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Cave paintings of our prehistoric ancestors, elaborate ritual dances of preliterate tribesmen, long lines at the movies, earnest scribbles of the three-year-old next door--evidence of human preoccupation with art is everywhere, and it is overwhelming. But unlike other human universals--language, tool use, the family--art makes no material contribution to mankind's survival. What impels the artist to the lonely effort at self-expression? What moves the audience to resonate to the work of a master? What accounts for the child's inherent fascination with pictures and stories and songs? These questions are among the deepest we can ask about human nature. Freud deemed some of them forever unanswerable, but modern psychology has made new inroads into these old mysteries. Invented Worlds provides a complete, authoritative account of this progress. Dealing with the three major art forms--painting, music, and literature--Ellen Winner shows how the artist fashions a symbolic world that transforms the experience of the observer. She probes the adult's ability to create and respond to works of art. In addition, she examines children's art for what it can reveal about the artistic impulse before adult convention becomes a shaping force. Finally, in order to reach a better understanding of the biological bases of artistry, Winner discusses the art of the mentally disturbed and the neurologically impaired patient. The sum of these discussions is more than an up-to-date handbook to the field; it is nothing less than a new synthesis of our understanding of man's artistic nature. Written with admirable clarity, Invented Worlds is a book that can be used by professionals and students in psychology, education, and the arts, as well as anyone with reason to be curious about the processes that underlie the creation and enjoyment of art.
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Winner, Ellen was born on July 6, 1947 in New York City. Daughter of Thomas G. and Irene (Portis) Winner.
Bachelor, Radcliffe College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1978.
Senior research associate School Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1989; assistant professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1978-1984; associate professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1984-1990; senior research associate Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, since 1989; professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, since 1990.
( Cave paintings of our prehistoric ancestors, elaborate ...)
( In this fascinating book, Ellen Winner uncovers and exp...)
Member APA (division treasurer 1990, president 1995-1996), Australian Psychological Society, Society Research in Child Development, New England Child Language Association.
Married Howard E. Gardner, November 20, 1982. 1 child, Benjamin Gardner.
