ABSTRACT
In an increasingly global world, a deliberate effort must be made to recognize the value of all people of the world. The emphasis on intellectual giftedness in the West began with Sir Francis Galton, who is credited with the earliest research and writing on the subject of intelligence testing. Tannenbaum’s psychosocial approach to giftedness took a different tack. The question of whether giftedness is a human trait or human behavior is central to the worldwide debate on giftedness. For many people in the world, academic achievement is not necessarily an achievable, or even laudable goal. Globalization embodies a significant change in human relations and at the same time continues a trend as old as humanity. The challenge for gifted education in a globalized world is to utilize learning situations, appropriate curriculum, and available resources to develop necessary skills for a thoughtful, successful citizenship.
