Conceptions of Student Talent in the Context of Talent Development

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    Abstract

    This paper reports from a case study of a ‘talent class’, a special development programme for talented pupils, established in a Danish municipality. It analyses student backgrounds and motives for joining this talent class programme, which is seen in relation to ordinary schooling in Denmark. Drawing on Bourdieu, the paper links social background resources and success in school via the concepts of habitus and capital; it views talent as the product of an investment of time and cultural capital, which is easily accumulated by children of resourceful families. Based on the analysis and its discussion of school talent, the paper proposes a typology of talented students, encompassing the distinguished, the quiet, the versatile and the industrious students. For each type of talent, a student narrative illustrates the link between social backgrounds and student approaches and understandings of their own talents.
    Translated title of the contributionOpfattelser af skoletalent inden for talentudvikling
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
    Volume28
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)476-495
    Number of pages20
    ISSN0951-8398
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Bibliographical note

    Online first publiceret maj 2014

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