Gifted:Nature or Nurture Survey Overview

For a project for my Gifted class, EDUC 4064,  I had a few people, mostly teachers, teacher education students, and parents take a survey on giftedness, and whether it was based on nature or nurture. I made a Wordle for the responses of the people who voted nurture, and one for the people who voted for nature.There are the key words used by the people's explanation for each side of the argument.
for nurture my results were...

For nature, my results were...

I made a chart of the results as well, which can help see how many teachers, students, and parents believe in nature or nurture. 

Overall, this survey has taught me many things. In many people who voted for nurture, they talked about how Giftedness came from the persons nature, but if it was not nurtured or encouraged it would not progress. I do feel like giftedness comes from a persons nature, and true giftedness cannot come about without this nature and genetic make-up, like many of the nature people stated. I do feel like giftedness should be encouraged, and many teachers stated that they did not feel like the school system did enough for these students. Many people who voted for nurture also discussed that they felt like the growth of a child would not continue if it wasn't encouraged, so the lack of encouragement at school could be a problem for gifted students today. Many also mentioned that giftedness should be encouraged in the home, and I totally agree with this! If the child who has the nature of being gifted is nurtured, then I feel like the child can reach their fill potential as a truely gifted individual. 

I am glad I got to do this report, because it was interesting to see different people's responses to giftedness! 

Olivia Morris

11/13/2012

EDUC 4064

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Assignment 10.1