Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

The Korean Society for the Gifted (한국영재학회)
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Understanding Giftedness in a Cognitive Mechanism: A Candidate for a Universally Agreed Definition of Giftedness

인지메카니즘 내에서의 영재성의 이해: 보편적이고 통일된 새로운 영재에 대한 정의

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Abstract

This article provides a new definition of giftedness drawn from a cognitive mechanism. The mechanism shows how cognitive components are functionally related to each other and cooperatively "work" together, producing the various cognitive phenomena in the social world. The author argues that for a universally agreed definition, giftedness has to be understood in the mechanism, the origin of all the cognitive phenomena in cultural or social contexts. According to the definition drawn form the cognitive mechanism, giftedness is the ability to form a simple and fundamental domains-integrated knowledge of the "whole" world. A new method for identifying gifted students is subsequently suggested.

이 논문은 인지메카니즘으로부터 도출된 새로운 영재에 대한 정의를 제시하고 있다. 그 메커니즘은 인지구성요소들이 기능적으로 어떻게 서로 관련되어 있고 어떻게 서로 협동적으로 작용하여 사회적 환경에 다양한 인지현상들을 창조해 내는가를 설명하고 있다. 저자는 보편적이고 통일된 정의를 위해서는 영재성이 사회적 문화적 상황에 존재하는 모든 인지현상들의 원인적 존재인 인간의 인지메카니즘에서 이해되어야 한다고 주장한다. 인지메카니즘에서 도출된 영재의 개념에 의하면 영재는 전체 세계에 대한 단순하고 근본적인 분야 통합적 지식을 형성하는 능력이다. 새로 도출된 영재의 개념에 따른 영재성 판별 방법도 제시했다.

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