Erika Landau's Contribution to the History of Gifted Education: Family Characteristics of Gifted Children

by Hanna David

Overview

This book describes some of the most critical issues in gifted education, i.e., gender inequity concerning giftedness examinations and the boys/girls ratio. The book also discusses the background of the gifted child's family, including their parents’ education and number of their siblings. The book’s findings are based on quantitative studies concerning 5–15-year-old gifted children participating at the Erika Landau Institute for Gifted and Creative Children and Youths in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 1968 until 2003. It discusses aspects such as the advantages of affirmative action standards in gifted education because girls who score lower than boys on the admission test to a gifted program usually have better social skills, persistence, and fine motor skills and, thus, integrate successfully in a gifted group with boys of higher intelligence. The book's second part addresses Landau's academic work in multiple languages and offers a critique that helps educators and mental health experts build gifted programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031917011
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	06/23/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Hanna David received her Ph.D. magna cum laude from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, where she was a college lecturer in psychology and literature. Dr. David's undergraduate studies were in physics, mathematics, and Hebrew literature. She received her master’s degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Since she retired from Tel Aviv University, she has been working as a counselor for gifted students and their families. Dr. David is a national and international lecturer in psychology, education, and giftedness, and an expert evaluator for the European Commission. David published books and articles in English, Hebrew, French, and German. Her most recent books include ‘Gifted Children and Adolescents through the Lens of Neuropsychology’ (2023) and ‘Dynamic Assessment of Gifted Children (during corona-time)’ (2020).

Table of Contents

About dr erika landau a great woman.- The gifted and their families 196873 1983.- Characteristics of gifted students age and gender findings from three decades of cohorts.- The first born and the single gifted child findings from three decades of cohorts.- Gifted 4 5 5 5 year old students findings from the 2004 cohort.- Scores of gifted children in the examination admission to the erika landau institute findings from three decades of cohorts.- 4 child families of gifted children findings from three decades of cohorts.- Parents education in the gifted family findings from three decades of cohorts.- Who will be the gifted of the future.- Criticism of the erika landau legacy.- Summary.