Wu, E: An Exploration of Talented Performance

The purpose of this study is to investigate some important aspects of talented performance (TP) and giftedness from a Chinese culture perspective, with the support of a case study on Chinese teachers‘ perceptions. There are ten chapters within four parts. Part I, Introduction, provides a background to the study, which relates to historical and current research on TP, and presents the problems and definitions of some key issues related to the topic. Part II, Theoretical Background, introduces separately the relevant Western and Chinese literature concerning gifted and talented education. Part III, Methodology, explains the research methods employed in this study. Part IV, Discussion and Conclusion, discusses implications and limitations of the study. The results of this study reveal that Chinese educators believe the concept of TP is essentially different from that of giftedness. They think that developmental factors are more important contributors to TP than innate abilities to learn. A theoretical Chinese model of TP is developed at the end of the study.