Giftedness and Talent Development: What’s the Difference?

Please note new start time of 12:30 p.m. CT!

Most people tend to view giftedness as an immutable, inherited characteristic—typically equated with a high IQ. However, the field of gifted education has shifted to a greater focus on talent development and a view of ability as malleable. This focus puts greater emphasis on cultivating ability, growing giftedness and developing psychosocial skills that support achievement. In this session, Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Director of the Center for Talent Development and Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy, will share her research on talent development and discuss what the findings mean for young people and their education.

Location: Virtual, presented by the Northwestern Alumni Association

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About the Presenter

Paula Olszewski-Kubilius
Director, Northwestern’s Center for Talent Development 

Paula Olszewski-Kubilius is the director of Northwestern’s Center for Talent Development and a professor in the School of Education and Social Policy. She has written extensively on issues of talent development, particularly on programming for underrepresented gifted students and accelerative models of gifted education. She has served as editor of Gifted Child Quarterly, coeditor of the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, and on the editorial review boards of Gifted and Talented International, Roeper Review, and Gifted Child Today. She is on the board of trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and is a past-president of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children and the National Association for Gifted Children.

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Paige Vaughn, Assistant Director, Alumni Engagement
alumnieducation@northwestern.edu
847-491-7975