Tag: Leta S. Hollingworth

Jolly’s A HISTORY OF AMERICAN GIFTED EDUCATION: An essential resource

May 7, 2020Russell T. WarneA History of American Gifted Education, books, gifted education, history of education, History of Psychology, Jennifer Jolly, Leta S. Hollingworth, Lewis Terman

The latest book that I’ve finished is A History of American Gifted Education (Jolly, 2018), a lively tome that should be required reading for any graduate student or scholar in the field. Jennifer is a colleague, and we are guest co-editors on a special issue for a journal, and I am one of her associate…

Leta Hollingworth was a eugenicist, too

Leta Hollingworth is one of the pioneers of gifted education. She was the first to create a research-based special curriculum for gifted children, and she was much more interested in the social and emotional development of gifted children than anyone else in the field at the time. Although neglected after her death, Hollingworth’s reputation made…