Exploring Kerr and McKay’s Beehive of Smart Girls: Understanding the Challenges Facing Gifted Adolescent Females

For gifted girls, the journey toward self-actualization can be particularly challenging during adolescence. To better support gifted adolescent girls, this article explores a contemporary framework for understanding smart girls of the 21st century: Kerr and McKay’s beehive of smart girls. Kerr and M...

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Published in:Gifted child today magazine Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 108 - 115
Main Author: Guthrie, Kate H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2020
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
21st century
Academically Gifted
Adolescent Development
Adolescent girls
Adolescents
Barriers
Child development
Classrooms
Creativity
Females
Gift giving
Gifted
Gifted children
Gifted education
Gifts
Girls
High School Students
High School Teachers
Individual Characteristics
Innovation
Intelligence
Middle School Students
Middle School Teachers
Secondary schools
Self Actualization
Teacher Attitudes
Teachers
gifted adolescent girls
self-actualization
challenges in adolescence
beehive of smart girls
ISSN:1076-2175, 2162-951X
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Summary:For gifted girls, the journey toward self-actualization can be particularly challenging during adolescence. To better support gifted adolescent girls, this article explores a contemporary framework for understanding smart girls of the 21st century: Kerr and McKay’s beehive of smart girls. Kerr and McKay’s typology highlights how different combinations of characteristics ultimately create rich variations of gifts and talents—instead of assuming all smart girls have the same characteristics, experiences, and visions. Building on their framework, this article (a) offers additional insights into how each type of smart girl may experience gifted adolescence, (b) suggests potential barriers to self-actualization each type of smart girl may face, and (c) invites voices of educators from middle and high school classrooms to share their own reflections and insights of how they have come to know each type of smart girl.
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ISSN:1076-2175
2162-951X
DOI:10.1177/1076217519898232