Talented Young Men Overcoming Tough Times

An Exploration of Resilience
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-61821-816-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Talented Young Men Overcoming Tough Times features the life stories of five gifted, high-achieving young men who overcame serious adversity in their lives. Their stories, captured through qualitative interviews, help us to better understand the factors that shaped their resilience and enabled them to overcome difficult challenges, including learning disabilities, homelessness, poverty, bullying, dysfunctional families, and abuse. The five young men succeeded in overcoming their difficult circumstances in adolescence and met strong success in higher education, obtaining advanced graduate degrees and moving on to productive professional careers. The author presents the five life stories by dedicating an individual chapter to each young man featured in the book and concludes by synthesizing the consistent themes that are woven throughout the five inspirational life stories.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hébert, Thomas P

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik Hochbegabtenförderung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Joseph Chapter 2: Keith Chapter 3: Dante Chapter 4: Sebastian Chapter 5: Patrick Conclusion Afterword References About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas P. Hebert, Ph.D., is Professor of Gifted and Talented Education in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. He has more than a decade of K-12 classroom experience working with gifted students and 25 years in higher education training graduate students and educators in gifted education. He has also conducted research for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT).