The Heart of the Mind

Essays on educators and education, thinkers and thinking, artists and creativity, writers and literature, philosophers and thought. In the more than 40 essays in this book, Michael Thompson covers a wide array of topics, many of them of fundamental importance to educators of gifted children.Topics include: Multiple Intelligences, Depth, Fourth Graders and Trilobites, Rembrandt, Gifted and Learning Disabled, the Problem of Problem Solving, Grouping, Gifted Hispanic Children, Is Gifted Education Elitist?; Choice, Leadership, Respect for Intuition, Is It Legitimate to Specialize in Gifted Education?, Grammar for Gifted Kids, Special Populations, Gifted Kids, a Misunderstood Minority, and much more.